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Europe (and later North America). Imperial China was a politically integrated structure with regional segmentation of … thought, such as later in Europe. Basic concepts such as monetary function, the velocity of circulation, inflation, interest … and deflation and monetary control much like Europe to follow. Monetary thought thus seemingly preceded Western thought …
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This paper examines the historical evolution of central bank credibility using both historical narrative and empirics for a group of 16 countries, both advanced and emerging. It shows how the evolution of credibility has gone through a pendulum where credibility was high under the classical gold...
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Central banks have evolved for close to four centuries. This paper argues that for two centuries central banks caught up to the strategies followed by the leading central banks of the era; the Bank of England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the Federal Reserve in the twentieth...
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In this paper we provide empirical measures of central bank credibility and augment these with historical narratives from eleven countries. To the extent we are able to apply reliable institutional information we can also indirectly assess their role in influencing the credibility of the...
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-inconsistency problem and moral hazard. Reviewing the evidence for central banks' crisis management in the U.S., the U.K. and France from …
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Over time, there has been a tendency for political jurisdictions and residents to converge on a single currency. Monopoly over seigniorage is a source of political power and a valuable lifeline when sovereignty is threatened. Moreover a uniform currency, insofar as it is free of counterparty and...
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. Britain's control of the seas meant that it was much less affected than other nations, such as France and the United States …. Explicit welfare calculations are provided for four countries, Britain, France, Sweden and the United States. Welfare losses … France, and between 1.7-1.8% per annum in Britain. On the other hand, the conflict helped pave the way for the more liberal …
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the 1790s and later under Napoleon invaded and controlled large parts of Europe. Together with invasion came various …
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A long-standing but unsettled controversy concerning monetary experiences in colonial America has recently been reopened with considerable vigor. Ignoring doctrinal aspects, the main substantive issue concerns the relationship between money holdings and price levels during episodes in which...
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The question of price level versus inflation targeting remains controversial. Disagreement concerns, not so much the desirability of price stability, but rather the means of achieving it. Irving Fisher argued for a commodity dollar standard where the purchasing power of money was fixed by...
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