Was the Classical Gold Standard Credible on the Periphery? Evidence from Currency Risk
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Keywords
currency risk; fixed exchange rates; gold standard; sovereign borrowing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
- F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
- F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
- N10 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - General, International, or Comparative
- N20 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - General, International, or Comparative
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBA-2015-02-22 (Central Banking)
- NEP-HIS-2015-02-22 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-MON-2015-02-22 (Monetary Economics)
- NEP-OPM-2015-02-22 (Open Economy Macroeconomics)
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