Portugal adoption of the gold standard: political reasons for a monetary choice (1846-1854)
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PMonetary history; Gold standard; Portugal; nineteenth century JEL classification: N13; N20; E42;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N13 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- N20 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - General, International, or Comparative
- E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2019-12-02 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-MON-2019-12-02 (Monetary Economics)
- NEP-PAY-2019-12-02 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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