Pictures of a Revolution : Analyzing the Transition from Global Bimetallism to the Gold Standard in the 1860s and 1870s /

In the early 1870s, the global monetary system transitioned from bimetallism-a regime in which gold and silver currencies were tied at quasi-fixed exhange ratios-to the gold standard that was characterized by the use of (only) gold as the main currency metal by the largest and most advanced economie...

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Autor principal: Wiegand, Johannes
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/119
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Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF