Cet ouvrage retrace la genèse de l’intégration financière internationale au cours de la première ère « moderne » de mondialisation, de 1880 à 1913 et apporte une aide précieuse pour affronter les dilemmes auxquels sont actuellement confrontés les responsables de l’action publique....

This study traces the roots of global financial integration in the first “modern” era of globalisation from 1880 to 1913 and can serve as a valuable tool to current-day policy dilemmas by using historical data to see which policies in the past led to enhanced international financing for...

The gold standard was a system of fixed exchange rates that offered little opportunity for carrying out monetary policies, short of suspending gold convertibility. Trade integration and capital mobility were very high. It is worthwhile asking whether there are useful lessons to draw for EMU from...