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A difference is made between open and hidden or veiled government bankruptcies. The latter are happening if budget deficits are covered by substantial money creation leading to inflation. In this case non-indexed government debt loses its value and is inflated away. This path is not open, if the...
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depends upon satisfactory instruments to permit low risk, low cost international remittances. The solution to both problems …
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During the 52 years between the Unification of the Kingdom of Italy and World War 1, the lira was legally convertible into metal for a limited period of time. Although not formally committed to gold, the lira exchange towards the gold standard countries proved remarkably stable,...
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This paper assess the freedom of capital movements between France and Italy in the late 19 century looking at the market for the most important Italian bond, the Rendita Italiana. Taking into account long time series of Rendita prices both in France and in Italy the paper looks at the...
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This article examines two dimensions of the international lender of last resort function under the gold standard. The first one deals with the macroeconomic foundations of the rise of cooperation associated with financial interdependence. They explain why cooperation stems from common interests...
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The large public debt was created in 16th century Castile. A new view of its fiscal system is presented. The main part of the debt was in perpetual redeemable annuities and its credibility was enhanced by decentralized funding through taxes administered by cities that represented the Realm in...
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Este documento de trabajo proporciona un análisis de los objetivos buscados con las emisiones de deuda finalista durante el franquismo, la estructura de la deuda en circulación y la sostenibilidad de la deuda. Como era más barata, se abusó de la deuda flotante que luego se consolidó. La...
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A difference is made between open and hidden or veiled government bankruptcies. The latter are happening if budget deficits are covered by substantial money creation leading to inflation. In this case non-indexed government debt loses its value and is inflated away. This path is not open, if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005523511
competition between underwriters, but also by the tight regulation of underwriting, which ensured thequality of all firms on the … for underwriters was dominated by a small oligopoly of six large banks, there was still perceptible competition, which …, although the German IPO business was in the hands of a small oligopoly, investors did not benefit from the lack of competition …
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competition between underwriters, but also by the tight regulation of underwriting, which ensured the quality of all firms on the … for underwriters was dominated by a small oligopoly of six large banks, there was still perceptible competition, which …, although the German IPO business was in the hands of a small oligopoly, investors did not benefit from the lack of competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010310598