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The Bretton Woods international monetary system : an historical overview

Bordo, Michael D. - 1992

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000109009

Measuring Real Economic Effects of Bailouts : Historical Perspectives on How Countries in Financial Distress Have Fared With and Without Bailouts

Bordo, Michael D. - 2000

In this paper we first trace the changing nature of banking, currency and debt crises from the last century to the present. Each type of crisis has transmogrified in the presence of official intervention and the creation of a safety net. A similar pattern is observed for international rescue...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471060

The Future of EMU : What Does the History of Monetary Unions Tell Us?

Bordo, Michael D. - 1999

The creation of EMU and the ECB has triggered a discussion of the future of EMU. Independent observers have pointed to a number of shortcomings or hazard areas' in the construction of EMU, such as the absence of a central lender of last resort function for EMU, the lack of a central authority...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471419

Is Globalization Today Really Different than Globalization a Hunderd Years Ago?

Bordo, Michael D. - 1999

for the United States but also with reference to the wider world. We establish the outlines of international integration a … century ago and analyze the institutional and informational impediments that prevented the late nineteenth century world from … achieving the same degree of integration as today. We conclude that the world today is different: commercial and financial …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471593

"Unusual, Unstable, Complicated, Unreliable and Temporary" Reinterpreting the Ebb and Flow of Globalization

Bordo, Michael D.; Schenk, Catherine R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

organize: World War I, Bretton Woods, 1970s Great Inflation and Managed Floating. Each turning point was characterized by …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599404

The Global Velocity Curve 1952-1982

Bordo, Michael D. - 1986

cross country comparison in the post World War II period of 84 countries arrayed from very low to very high per capita …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012476996

The Transformation and Performance of Emerging Market Economies Across the Great Divide of the Global Financial Crisis

Bordo, Michael D. - 2019

The process of central bank (CB) evolution by emerging market economies (EMEs), including central bank independence (CBI) and transparency (CBT), converged towards that of the advanced economies (AEs) before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007-2008. It was greatly aided by the adoption of...

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The Imbalances of the Bretton Woods System 1965 to 1973 : U.S. Inflation, The Elephant in the Room

Bordo, Michael D. - 2018

the rest of the world rather than focusing on issues with U.S. monetary and fiscal policies. In addition, at the urging of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481056

Original Sin and the Great Depression

Bordo, Michael D. - 2020

Was foreign currency denominated debt a determinant of exchange rate and monetary policy during the Great Depression? Policy makers of the day thought so. High-frequency bond price data show depreciation was associated with elevated risk premia on public debt. We also show that foreign currency...

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The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-08 : Is it Unprecedented?

Bordo, Michael D. - 2010

In terms of global incidence the recent crisis is fourth in ranking and comparable to 1907-08. We also calculate output losses during the recessions associated with global financial crises and again the recent crisis is similar in severity to 1907-08 and is fourth in ranking. On both dimensions...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462068