Do Old Habits Die Hard? : Central Banks and the Bretton Woods Gold Puzzle /

Why did monetary authorities hold large gold reserves under Bretton Woods (1944-1971) when only the US had to? We argue that gold holdings were driven by institutional memory and persistent habits of central bankers. Countries continued to back currency in circulation with gold reserves, following r...

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Sonraí bibleagrafaíochta
Príomhchruthaitheoir: Monnet, Eric
Rannpháirtithe: Puy, Damien
Formáid: IRIS
Teanga:English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Sraith:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/161
Rochtain ar líne:Full text available on IMF