Back to Search
Start Over
The gold standard as a `good housekeeping seal of approval'.
- Source :
- Journal of Economic History; Jun96, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p389, 40p, 5 Charts, 9 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 1996
-
Abstract
- Argues that during the period from 1870 to 1914 adherence to the gold standard was a signal of financial rectitude that facilitated access by peripheral countries to capital from the core countries of western Europe. Gold standard as a commitment mechanism; Record of adherence to the gold standard.
- Subjects :
- GOLD standard
ECONOMIC history
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220507
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9607073293
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050700016491