Using a cash-credit cash-in-advance model, we derive a key long-run su
bstitution condition between interest rates and ratios of alternative
means of payment (such as inside and outside monies) which we test as
an alternative to the standard money demand function specification of
Meltzer (1963). The theoretical model thus eliminates one source of no
nstationarity resulting in a more powerful test of the stability of mo
ney demand. Using the recent cointegration techniques of Park (1992) a
nd Johansen (1988), we find strong support for the long-run stability
of this alternative money demand specification. Unlike prior research,
the findings imply support for long-run money demand stability for na
rrow monetary aggregates.