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Currency convertibility : the gold standard and beyond / edited by Jorge Braga de Macedo, Barry Eichengreen, and Jaime Reis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge explorations in economic history ; 3.
- Routledge explorations in economic history, 1359-7892 ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Money--History--20th century.
- Money.
- Currency convertibility--History--20th century.
- Currency convertibility.
- Gold standard--History--20th century.
- Gold standard.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The spread of currency convertibility is one of the most dramatic trends of the late twentieth century. It reflects the desire of policymakers to integrate their economies into the global trading system and to attract financial capital and direct investment from abroad.In this book a team of leading international economists and economic historians look at parallel situations in the history of the international monetary system, focusing in particular on the gold standard. The concluding chapter uses a case study of modern Portugal to draw out implications for modern international monetary
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE OPERATION OF THE SPECIE STANDARD; 3 THE ORIGINS OF THE GOLD STANDARD; 4 SHORT-TERM CAPITAL MOVEMENTS UNDER THE GOLD STANDARD; 5 THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE GOLD STANDARD Barry Eichengreen Marc Flandreau; 6 FIRST TO JOIN THE GOLD STANDARD, 1854; 7 LAST TO JOIN THE GOLD STANDARD, 1931; 8 MONETARY STABILITY, FISCAL DISCIPLINE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; 9 CONVERGING TOWARDS A EUROPEAN CURRENCY STANDARD; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780881321449
- 0881321443
- 9781134825684
- 1134825684
- 9781134825691
- 1134825692
- 9781280139734
- 1280139730
- 9780203984291
- 0203984293
- OCLC:
- 560373114
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