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Currency convertibility : the gold standard and beyond

Title: Currency convertibility : the gold standard and beyond / edited by Jorge Braga de Macedo, Barry Eichengreen, and Jaime Reis.
Publication: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

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Description

xiv, 273 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Routledge explorations in economic history, 1359-7892 ; 3

Uniform Title

Routledge explorations in economic history ; 3.

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Contents

1. Introduction: Currency Convertibility in Historical Perspective - The Gold Standard and Beyond / Jorge Braga de Macedo, Barry Eichengreen and Jaime Reis -- 2. The Operation of the Specie Standard - Evidence for Core and Peripheral Countries, 1880-1990 / Michael D. Bordo and Anna J. Schwartz -- 3. The Origins of the Gold Standard / Alan S. Milward -- 4. Short-Term Capital Movements Under the Gold Standard / Marcello de Cecco -- 5. The Geography of the Gold Standard / Barry Eichengreen and Marc Flandreau -- Comment / Angela Redish -- Comment / Albert Fishlow -- 6. First to Join the Gold Standard, 1854 / Jaime Reis -- 7. Last to Join the Gold Standard, 1931 / Fernando Teixeira dos Santos -- 8. Monetary Stability, Fiscal Discipline and Economic Performance - The Experience of Portugal Since 1854 / Eugenia Mata and Nuno Valerio -- Comment / Pablo Martin-Acena -- Comment / Gianni Toniolo --
9. Converging Towards a European Currency Standard - Convertibility and Stability in the 1990s and Beyond / Jorge Braga de Macedo.

ISBN

0415140579 (cloth)

LCCN

95038906

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Columbia University Libraries