Catão, Luis; Solomou, Solomos - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
builds a new dataset on trade-weighed exchange rates for the period 1870-1913 and finds that large currency movements in … exchange rates worldwide. We relate the phenomenon to the international trade structure at the time and show that such currency … fluctuations had powerful effects on trade flows. We conclude that nominal exchange rate flexibility in the periphery was an …