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



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Titolo: Currency convertibility : the gold standard and beyond / / edited by Jorge Braga de Macedo, Barry Eichengreen, and Jaime Reis Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
Disciplina: 332.422209
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Soggetto topico: Money - History - 20th century
Currency convertibility - History - 20th century
Gold standard - History - 20th century
Altri autori: MacedoJorge Braga de  
EichengreenBarry J  
ReisJaime  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Currency convertibility  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-88132-144-3
1-134-82568-4
1-134-82569-2
1-280-13973-0
0-203-98429-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784697303321
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Serie: Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 3.