2nd Edition

Gold Standard In Theory & History

By Barry Eichengreen, Marc Flandreau Copyright 1997
    352 Pages
    by Routledge

    352 Pages
    by Routledge

    Since the successful first edition of The Gold Standard in Theory and History was published in 1985, much new research has been completed. This updated version contains five new essays including:
    * post 1990 literature on exchange rate target zones
    * a discussion of the light shed by the gold standard on the European Monetary Union debate
    * a new introduction by Eichengreen with Marc Flandreau
    This will be an invaluable resource for students of macroeconomics, international economics and economic history at all levels.

    Preface and Acknowledgements, 1 Editors’ introduction, Part I The gold standard in theory, Part II The gold standard in history, Part III The interwar gold exchange standard, Part IV Bretton Woods and after, Further reading, Index

    Biography

    Eichengreen, Barry; Flandreau, Marc