In this paper, we test whether French and British central banks discount rates were an efficient tool for currency stabilisation over the 1850-1870 period. Causality and impulse analysis as well as outlier methodology are carried out in order to test this proposition. We give strong evidence...

It is a commonly accepted view that the parity theory of forward exchange based on the law of one price was first formulated by Keynes (1923). In this article we assess the preliminary shapes of the Interest Parity (IP) relation. After reviewing the early beginnings of the IP relation we...