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A history of monetary unions /

In this comprehensive historical overview, the author writes about Monetary Unions with admirable completeness. Written in a readable and enjoyable prose, A History of Monetary Unions combines historical analysis with present day context.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chown, John F., 1929-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2003.
Series:Routledge international studies in money and banking ; 21.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; The economics of currency arrangements: the principles of monetary union; General introduction; The gold standard; Fixed versus floating exchange rates; Types of 'fixed' monetary arrangement; Monetary unions; Exchange control and currency reconstructions; Some early history; Monetary union in post-Napoleonic Europe: the key issue of bimetallism; The Napoleonic Wars and after: bimetallism; Monetary union in Germany, Italy and Switzerland; The Austro-Hungarian empire as a monetary union: history to 1914; The Latin Monetary Union.