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We examine the relationship between prices and interest rates for seven advanced economies in the period up to 1913, emphasizing the UK. There is a significant long-run positive relationship between prices and interest rates for the core commodity standard countries. Keynes (1930) labelled this...
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This paper addresses the perspective of Hayek’s doctrine on monetary arrangements in the economy and his favorable argument for an international central bank over national central bank. I also discussed Hayek’s view on free banking (i.e. for the free issue of bank notes) that would enable...
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In this paper I compare Friedman's expectations-augmented Phillips Curve model with Lucas' model on expectations and the neutrality of money and claim that they are underpinned by two different equilibrium concepts. Friedman's model is based on the stationary equilibrium conception, typical of...
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Unlike Knut Wicksell, Eli Heckscher did not believe the time had arrived for “managed money” to replace the gold standard after World War I. The war had shown that only a gold standard could bind the central bank to a time-consistent policy with reasonable price stability. Heckscher likened...
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thinking and theory. In particular, which role do calibration, statistical inference, and structural change play? What is the …
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the Phillips curve based on constant inflation expectations has returned for Sweden. Based on estimates of this model …-vertical Phillips curve is transformed into a vertical one, in line with the Friedman/Phelps theory. <p> We have additional objections … unemployment and monetary policy in a small open economy such as Sweden. Third, we do not want to overburden Swedish monetary …
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In September 1931, Sweden became the first country to make the stabilization of the domestic price level the official …
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This paper compares and contrasts the thinking of Keynes and Geoffrey Ingham, focussing mainly on The General Theory … underpins the crucial distinction between money and ‘real’ wages for the theory of employment but also develops Keynes …
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In this paper, we provide some reflections on the development of monetary theory and monetary policy over the last 150 …
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consistency based on the theory of protectionism. His defence of protectionism is generally presented as clumsy and founded on … different paradigms. Section 2 presents the theory of protectionism formulated by the author. Section 3 tries to interpret …
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