Stability without a pact? Lessons from the European gold standard, 1880-1914

Economic Policy

Volumn , Issue 26, 1998, Pages 115-162

  Flandreau, Marc ^a   Le Cacheux, Jacques ^a   Zumer, Frédéric ^a  

^a OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; EXCHANGE RATES; GOLD STANDARD; MONETARY POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031874662     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0327.00030     Document Type: Review

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