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Reparations revisited: the role of economic advisers in reforming German central banking and public finance

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The economic advisers of the 1924 Dawes Committee enacted currency and banking reforms as a means of resolving financial and geopolitical problems. Although the committee members stated that they had no plans to resolve the Ruhr occupation, evidence from the technical advisers demonstrated the opposite. Economists Edwin Kemmerer, Joseph Davis and Arthur Young sought to appease Franco-Belgian demands for a resolution to the reparations debate by balancing the German budget and reorganising the banking system, thereby also addressing the question of military occupation. This research delves into the advisers’ reports on public finance, currency stabilisation and the gold standard, arguing that their attempts to assuage reparation-related concerns rested on major reforms to German central banking.

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  • Yee, Robert, 2020. "Reparations revisited: the role of economic advisers in reforming German central banking and public finance," Financial History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 27(1), pages 45-72, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:fihrev:v:27:y:2020:i:1:p:45-72_3
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