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Régimes monétaires, points d'or et « serpent bimétallique » de 1770 à 1870

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  • Marie-Thérèse Boyer-Xambeu
  • Lucien Gillard
  • Ghislain Deleplace

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[fre] Régimes monétaires, points d'or et « serpent bimétallique » de 1770 à 1870. . Après un rappel des conditions du monnayage en Angleterre et en France, cette étude utilise des données à périodicité infra-hebdomadaire pour montrer l'évolution de la valeur de la livre sterling en or, en argent, et en francs, de 1770 à 1869, ainsi que la situation du change entre Londres et Paris par rapport aux points d'or et aux points d'argent de 1802 à 1869. Il en découle d'abord que l'étalon-or est effectivement en Angleterre la norme monétaire interne, mais que le change de la livre en francs est davantage lié à l'argent. Une reformulation de la théorie des points d'or est ensuite proposée, dans laquelle le change est contraint par un « serpent bimétallique » ; il est montré que cette caractéristique rend mieux compte de l'évolution du change que le simple jeu des points d'or, et qu'elle est plus favorable que lui à la stabilisation du change. Celle-ci dépend davantage des régimes monétaires nationaux (étalon-or en Angleterre et bimétallisme en France) que des quantités de monnaies et de métaux précieux. [eng] Monetary regimes, gold points and « bimetallic snake » from 1770 to 1870. . After summing up the mintage and issuance conditions in England and France, the paper makes use of infra-weekly data to show the evolution of the value of the English pound in gold, in silver, and in French francs, from 1770 to 1869, and the situation of the exchange between London and Paris in respect to gold points and silver points from 1802 to 1869. It follows that the gold standard is effectively the domestic monetary norm in England, but that the exchange of the £ in F is more linked to silver. Then we propose a reformulation of the gold points theory, in which the exchange is constrained by a « bimetallic snake » . We show that this feature is more appropriate to the evolution of the exchange than the ordinary play of the gold points, and that it favors more exchange stabilization. Such a stability relies more on national monetary regimes (gold standard in England and bimetallism in France) than on quantities of monies and of precious metals.

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  • Marie-Thérèse Boyer-Xambeu & Lucien Gillard & Ghislain Deleplace, 1994. "Régimes monétaires, points d'or et « serpent bimétallique » de 1770 à 1870," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 45(5), pages 1139-1174.
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    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1994.409598
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