The gold standard and the origins of the modern international monetary system

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-102

  Knafo, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Central bank; England; Gold standard; Monetary policy; Regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244490332     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290500396693     Document Type: Article

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