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Effective Exchange Rates in Japan, 1879-1938

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This paper constructs nominal and real multilateral effective exchange rates ffor Japan during the period 1879-1938. Existing studies of Japanese quantitative economic history have tended to use the dollar-yen bilateral exchange rate. A comparison of different indices suggests that the new data offer new insights into Japan’s economic history.

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  • Shimazaki, M. & Solomou, S., 1999. "Effective Exchange Rates in Japan, 1879-1938," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 9917, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
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    1. Solomou, Solomos & Shimazaki, Masao, 2007. "Japanese episodic long swings in economic growth," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 44(2), pages 224-241, April.

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    Gold standard; Effective exchange rates; Business cycles;
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    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • N11 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
    • N43 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: Pre-1913

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