Weidenmier, Marc; Mitchener, Kris James; Shizume, Masato - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
interest to policymakers at the time of adoption. We examine the political economy of Japan's adoption of the gold standard in … contrast to previous studies examining bond yields, we find little evidence that joining the gold standard reduced Japan … policymakers suggested, we find that membership in the gold standard increased Japan's exports by lowering transactions costs and …