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Pictures of a Revolution: Analyzing the Transition from Global Bimetallism to the Gold Standard in the 1860s and 1870s
Wiegand, Johannes - 2022
In the early 1870s, the global monetary system transitioned from bimetallism-a regime in which gold and silver … currencies were tied at quasi-fixed exhange ratios-to the gold standard that was characterized by the use of (only) gold as the …) analyzing the transition from bimetallism to gold as a multi-stage currency game played by France and Germany; and (iii …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015060354
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Gold as International Reserves: A Barbarous Relic No More?
Arslanalp, Serkan - 2023
After moving slowly downward for the better part of four decades, central bank gold holdings have risen since the … Global Financial Crisis. We identify 14 "active diversifiers," defined as countries that purchased gold and raised its share … diversifiers into gold are exclusively emerging markets. We document two sets of factors contributing to this trend. First, gold …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059812
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Role of IMF Support in Crisis Prevention.
Zalduendo, Juan - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BACKGROUND -- III. IDENTIFYING CAPITAL ACCOUNT CRISES EPISODES -- IV. ESTIMATION AND RESULTS -- V. IMF SUPPORT AND CRISIS PREVENTION -- VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- References.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691048
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Out of the Box Thoughts about the International Financial Architecture
Eichengreen, Barry J. - 2009
The Global Credit Crisis of 2008-09 has underscored the urgency of reforming the international financial architecture. While a number of short-term reforms are already in train, this paper contemplates more ambitious reforms of the international financial architecture that might be implemented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677780
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International Currency Portfolios
Kumhof, Michael - 2009
This paper develops a theory of international currency portfolios that holds in general equilibrium, and that is therefore not subject to the criticisms directed at the portfolio balance literature of the 1980s. It shows that, under plausible assumptions about fiscal policy, the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677715
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Global Imbalances
Rebucci, Alessandro - 2009
results based on a dynamic general equilibrium model of the world economy, and using the EU KLEMS database, indicate that TFP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677719
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The International Monetary System in the (Very) Long Run
Sussman, Nathan; Eichengreen, Barry J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper takes stock of the evolution of the international monetary system over the last thousand years. Several points stand out from the analysis. One is the reluctance of governments to embrace radical changes in international monetary relations. Another is the conflict between external and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264089
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American in the Shadows; Harry Dexter White and the Design of the International Monetary Fund
Boughton, James M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Two economists designed the main features of the charter of the IMF during World War II: John Maynard Keynes and Harry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768807
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Policy analysis and forecasting in the world economy : a panel unobserved components approach
Vitek, Francis - 2012
This paper develops a structural macroeconometric model of the world economy, disaggregated into thirty five national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618572
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World Crude Oil Markets : Monetary Policy and the Recent Oil Shock
Krichene, Noureddine - 2006
Intro -- Content -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. OIL PRICE VOLATILITY -- III. THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF CRUDE OIL -- IV. ROLE OF MONETARY POLICY IN THE OIL MARKETS -- V. SOLUTION OF THE SEM -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690972