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Getting Pegged: Comparing the 1879 and 1925 Gold Resumptions

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  • Michael D. Bordo
  • Tamim Bayoumi

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We compare the resumption of convertibility into gold by the United States in 1879 and Britain in 1925 to ascertain the degree to which the outcomes reflected differences in strategies adopted by the authorities or in the external environment. It is concluded that external factors were the most important determinant of the very different outcomes of the two episodes.

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  • Michael D. Bordo & Tamim Bayoumi, 1996. "Getting Pegged: Comparing the 1879 and 1925 Gold Resumptions," NBER Working Papers 5497, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System

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