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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784697303321

Titolo

Currency convertibility : the gold standard and beyond / / edited by Jorge Braga de Macedo, Barry Eichengreen, and Jaime Reis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

0-88132-144-3

1-134-82568-4

1-134-82569-2

1-280-13973-0

0-203-98429-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Routledge explorations in economic history, , 1359-7892 ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

MacedoJorge Braga de

EichengreenBarry J

ReisJaime

Disciplina

332.422209

332.452

Soggetti

Money - History - 20th century

Currency convertibility - History - 20th century

Gold standard - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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