Announcing the publication of two new research papers on IJCCR: International
Journal of Community Currency Research

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A New Approach to a Typology of Complementary Currencies
Jens Martignoni A1-17


Well over 5,000 complementary currency systems have been established worldwide
to date. They range from very large systems, such as the WIR-Cooperation Ring,
to small neighbour to neighbour exchange circles. Such a diverse range of
currency types has developed that it is almost impossible to get an overview of
the whole field. This article attempts to strip CC money down to its basic
features and then develop a typology of the various complementary currencies. An
important foundation for this is the work of the independent American scholar
Edwin C. Riegel (1879-1953), who developed his own perspective on money that is
still not accepted by mainstream scholarship. This work was revived and further
developed by Thomas H. Greco, a contemporary monetary thinker. Another basis is
the consideration of money as a purpose-driven means for the organization of
human relations. The article presents an evaluation system that enables the
characterization of the vast majority of complementary currencies. The typology
derived from it allows for a clearer characterization of the individual systems
than was possible with previous approaches. This article is an excerpt from a
thesis on complementary currencies by the author in The Institute for Research
on Management of Associations, Foundations and Cooperatives (VMI) at the
Economic and Social Sciences Faculty University of Fribourg/Switzerland.


Key Indicators of Time Bank Participation: Using Transaction Data for Evaluation
Ed Collom A18-29


This paper presents some key and advanced statistical indicators of time bank
participation. Unlike printed community currencies, time banks record their
exchanges in databases. Such transaction data enables researchers to evaluate
member participation in these networks across time. Nonetheless, there is very
little published scholarship employing time bank transaction data. Examples
from a U.S. time bank are provided. The suggested indicators are intended to
encourage coordinators and scholars to study these networks. Coordinators who
track their systems can intervene as necessary. Scholars researching individual
time banks can use these metrics to facilitate comparisons of multiple cases in
order to better assess the efficacy of time banking.

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Dr Gill Seyfang
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Science, Society and Sustainability (3S) Research Group
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