Monetary Regimes in Transition

Klappentext This important contribution to comparative economic history examines different countries' experiences with different monetary regimes. Zusammenfassung This important contribution to comparative economic history examines different countries' experiences with different monetary regimes. Covering the experience of ten countries over the period 1700-1990! the book employs techniques of economic analysis to explain the adoption and relative success of different regimes. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1. Introduction Michael D. Bordo and Forrest Capie; Part I. Commodity Money Standards in Transition: 2. The scramble for gold: monetary regime transformation in the 1870s Giulio M. Gallarotti; 3. The Latin Monetary Union and the emergence of the international gold standard Angela Redish; 4. Greenback resumption and silver risk: the economics and politics of monetary regime change in the United States, 1862?00 Charles W. Calomiris; Part II. Successful and Unsuccessful Adherence to the Gold Standard: 5. Spain during the classical gold standard years, 1880?14 Pablo Mart?-Ace?; 6. Canada and the gold standard, 1871?14: a durable monetary regime Trevor J. O. Dick and John E. Floyd; 7. Australia's payments adjustment and capital flows under the international gold standard, 1870?13 David Pope; Part III. Wartime Upheaval and Postwar Stabilization: 8. British and French finance during the Napoleonic Wars Michael D. Bordo and Eugene N. White; 9. Interpreting a change in monetary policy regimes: a reappraisal of the first Hungarian hyperinflation and stabilization, 1921?28 Pierre L. Siklos; 10. Halting inflation in Italy and France after the Second World War Alessandra Casella and Barry Eichengreen; 11. The rise and fall of credit controls: the case of Sweden, 1939?89 Lars Jonung; Part IV. Perspectives on Monetary Regimes: 12. An assessment of monetary regimes Anna J. Schwartz; Index....

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List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1. Introduction Michael D. Bordo and Forrest Capie; Part I. Commodity Money Standards in Transition: 2. The scramble for gold: monetary regime transformation in the 1870s Giulio M. Gallarotti; 3. The Latin Monetary Union and the emergence of the international gold standard Angela Redish; 4. Greenback resumption and silver risk: the economics and politics of monetary regime change in the United States, 186200 Charles W. Calomiris; Part II. Successful and Unsuccessful Adherence to the Gold Standard: 5. Spain during the classical gold standard years, 188014 Pablo Mart-Ace; 6. Canada and the gold standard, 187114: a durable monetary regime Trevor J. O. Dick and John E. Floyd; 7. Australia's payments adjustment and capital flows under the international gold standard, 187013 David Pope; Part III. Wartime Upheaval and Postwar Stabilization: 8. British and French finance during the Napoleonic Wars Michael D. Bordo and Eugene N. White; 9. Interpreting a change in monetary policy regimes: a reappraisal of the first Hungarian hyperinflation and stabilization, 192128 Pierre L. Siklos; 10. Halting inflation in Italy and France after the Second World War Alessandra Casella and Barry Eichengreen; 11. The rise and fall of credit controls: the case of Sweden, 193989 Lars Jonung; Part IV. Perspectives on Monetary Regimes: 12. An assessment of monetary regimes Anna J. Schwartz; Index.