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Wolf, Nikolaus (2008) Scylla and Charybdis. explaining Europe's exit from gold, January 1928-December 1936. Explorations in Economic History, Vol.45 (No.4). pp. 383-401. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2008.02.003 ISSN 0014-4983.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2008.02.003
Abstract
The paper examines the timing of exit from the interwar gold-exchange standard for a panel of European countries, based on monthly data over the period January 1928-December 1936. I show that exit from gold can be understood in terms of a trade-off between a limited set of factors commonly suggested in the theoretical literature on currency crises. A simple and parsimonious econometric framework that nests various hypotheses allows me to predict the month of exit in the 1930s, except for France. I consider the separate cases of France and Poland to show my results shed light on country-specific debates. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Gold standard -- History -- 20th century, Monetary policy -- Europe -- History -- 20th century, Depressions -- 1929 | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Explorations in Economic History | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
ISSN: | 0014-4983 | ||||
Official Date: | September 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.45 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 19 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 383-401 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.eeh.2008.02.003 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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