In this paper we explore the nexus between cross-border trade integration and monetary policy. We first review the evidence that trade liberalization has increased the degree of integration in North America and conclude that, while robust structural inferences remain elusive, there is sufficient...

Over the past decade and a half Axel Leijonhufvud has written extensively on monetary regimes and their connection to nominal and real economic performance. Monetary regimes are important because they determine whether countries follow stable or unstable monetary policies and hence have stable...

Zu Ehren von Volker Wolff vereinigt der Band Beiträge zum Spannungsfeld des Journalismus zwischen professioneller Autonomie und der Erfüllung von Nutzwert-Funktionen. Wolff war von 1995 bis 2014 Inhaber der Professur für Zeitungs- und Zeitschriftenjournalismus am Journalistischen Seminar der...

Introduction: What’s a Money Doctor? -- Money Doctors in the Medieval/Pre-Modern Period -- Is Oda Nobunaga the Final Champion of the Medieval Era or A Pioneer of the Early Modern Era? -- A Money Doctor in the 16th Century Japan -- Johan Palmstrüch, A Copper Money Doctor: Stockholm Banco and...