Sovereign risk, credibility and the gold standard: 1870-1913 versus 1925-31

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 487, 2003, Pages 241-275

  Obstfeld, Maurice ^a   Taylor, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GOLD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOVEREIGNTY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 0038661747     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00128     Document Type: Article

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