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The Interwar International Monetary Disorder: An International Political Economy Approach - Il disordine monetario internazionale durante le due guerre: un approccio di political economy internazionale

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  • Seghezza , Elena

    (Università di Genova, Dipartimento di Economia e Metodi Quantitativi)

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The lack of cooperation between central banks is the most widely accepted interpretation of the collapse of the gold-exchange standard. This explanation does not take account of the evolution of systems of payment: national commodity moneys were progressively replaced by fiduciary money. These changes were incompatible with the functioning of the classical gold standard. There was need, also at the international level, of greater elasticity of money supply. The gold-exchange standard was such an attempt. However, an international convertible money, to be accepted, presupposes the existence of an institutional framework that guarantees its value. This can only occur under certain conditions. The prevalence of a multilateral equilibrium in international relations impeded the existence of an international money with a high level of fiduciary content. - La mancanza di cooperazione tra banche centrali è l’interpretazione più condivisa del fallimento del gold-exchange standard. Questa spiegazione non tiene adeguato conto dell’evoluzione dei sistemi di pagamento: nel periodo tra le due guerre in molti paesi vi è stato il passaggio dalla moneta-merce alla moneta convertibile. Ciò ha portato alla necessità, anche a livello internazionale, di una maggiore elasticità dell’offerta di moneta: il gold-exchange standard era un tentativo in tal senso. Una moneta internazionale fiduciaria, tuttavia, per essere accettata, presuppone l’esistenza di un quadro istituzionale che ne garantisca il valore, e ciò può avvenire solo in determinate condizioni. La prevalenza di un equilibrio multilaterale nelle relazioni internazionali impedì l’esistenza di una moneta internazionale con un alto livello di contenuto fiduciario.

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  • Seghezza , Elena, 2013. "The Interwar International Monetary Disorder: An International Political Economy Approach - Il disordine monetario internazionale durante le due guerre: un approccio di political economy internazional," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 66(3), pages 391-416.
  • Handle: RePEc:ris:ecoint:0697
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    Gold Exchange Standard; International Monetary System;

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    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions

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