Monetary Regimes in Transition

Michael D. Bordo; Forrest Capie

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511664564

This important contribution to comparative economic history examines different countries' experiences with different monetary regimes, laying particular emphasis on how the regimes fared when placed under stress such as wars or other changes in the economic environment. Covering the experience of ten countries over the period 1700–1990, the contributors employ the latest techniques of economic analysis in their studies. Several papers are concerned with the transformation from bimetallism to gold monometallism in the nineteenth century and the determinants of monetary regimes transformation in the core countries of Britain, France and the United States. Others focus on the successful and unsuccessful gold standard experiences of Canada, Australia, and Spain, while yet others examine the experience of wartime and postwar stabilizations surrounding the two World Wars and the Napoleonic War.

‘… well-produced and thought-provoking set of essays …’

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1 - Introduction
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Part I - Commodity money standards in transition
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2 - The scramble for gold: monetary regime transformation in the 1870s
pp 15-67
- By Giulio M, Gallarotti
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3 - The Latin Monetary Union and the emergence of the international gold standard
pp 68-85
- By Angela Redish
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4 - Greenback resumption and silver risk: the economics and politics of monetary regime change in the United States, 1862–1900
pp 86-132
- By Charles W, Calomiris
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Part II - Successful and unsuccessful adherence to the gold standard
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5 - Spain during the classical gold standard years, 1880–1914
pp 135-172
- By Pablo MartíN-AceñA
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6 - Canada and the gold standard, 1871–1914: a durable monetary regime
pp 173-200
- By Trevor J O, Dick, John E, Floyd
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7 - Australia's payments adjustment and capital flows under the international gold standard, 1870–1913
pp 201-238
- By David Pope
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Part III - Wartime upheaval and postwar stabilization
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8 - British and French finance during the Napoleonic Wars
pp 241-273
- By Eugene N. White
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9 - Interpreting a change in monetary policy regimes: a reappraisal of the first Hungarian hyperinflation and stabilization, 1921–28
pp 274-311
- By Pierre L. Siklos
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10 - Halting inflation in Italy and France after the Second World War
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- By Alessandra Casella, Barry Eichengreen
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11 - The rise and fall of credit controls: the case of Sweden, 1939–89
pp 346-370
- By Lars Jonung
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Part IV - Perspectives on monetary regimes
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12 - An assessment of monetary regimes
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- By Anna J. Schwartz
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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of figures
pp ix-x

List of tables
pp xi-xii

List of contributors
pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction
pp 1-12

Part I - Commodity money standards in transition
pp 13-14

2 - The scramble for gold: monetary regime transformation in the 1870s
pp 15-67

3 - The Latin Monetary Union and the emergence of the international gold standard
pp 68-85

4 - Greenback resumption and silver risk: the economics and politics of monetary regime change in the United States, 1862–1900
pp 86-132

Part II - Successful and unsuccessful adherence to the gold standard
pp 133-134

5 - Spain during the classical gold standard years, 1880–1914
pp 135-172

6 - Canada and the gold standard, 1871–1914: a durable monetary regime
pp 173-200

7 - Australia's payments adjustment and capital flows under the international gold standard, 1870–1913
pp 201-238

Part III - Wartime upheaval and postwar stabilization
pp 239-240

8 - British and French finance during the Napoleonic Wars
pp 241-273

9 - Interpreting a change in monetary policy regimes: a reappraisal of the first Hungarian hyperinflation and stabilization, 1921–28
pp 274-311

10 - Halting inflation in Italy and France after the Second World War
pp 312-345

11 - The rise and fall of credit controls: the case of Sweden, 1939–89
pp 346-370

Part IV - Perspectives on monetary regimes
pp 371-372

12 - An assessment of monetary regimes
pp 373-383

Index
pp 384-394

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