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Institutional Failure, Monetary Scarcity, and the Depreciation of the Continental.
- Source :
- Journal of Economic History; Mar88, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p47, 22p, 5 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 1988
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Abstract
- Examines the role of fiscal and monetary policies in determining the changing value of the continental, and the consequences for real currency supply during and after the American Revolution. Approach taken by British colonies in the United States to address monetary scarcity.
- Subjects :
- MONETARY policy
MONEY supply
AMERICAN Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
COLONIES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220507
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 5419852
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050700004149