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How Currencies Crash And Die: Wars And Currency Valuation

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This paper examines the preconditions for currency crashes and demonetization. Though the preconditions for currency crashes and demonetization are variegated, the paper emphasizes the close relationship between wars and demonetization. Bayesian analysis and more than ten centuries of information suggest that there is a thirty-five-percent chance (maximum likelihood) that wars could lead to hyperinflation and demonetization. The paper concludes that economic repression is greater than military might and that wars should be considered to be an outdated instrument of foreign policy. Specifically, nations with ambitions to preserve their currencies and increase national income (or aggregate welfare) should avoid wars at all cost.

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  • C.E.S. WARBURTON, Ph.D., 2022. "How Currencies Crash And Die: Wars And Currency Valuation," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 22(2), pages 49-66.
    • Handle: RePEc:eaa:aeinde:v:22:y:2022:i:2_3
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    • F02 - International Economics - - General - - - International Economic Order and Integration
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
    • E17 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

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