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100 1 $aBernholz, Peter.
245 10 $aMonetary regimes and inflation :$bhistory, economic and political relationships /$cPeter Bernholz.
260 $aCheltenham, UK ;$aNorthampton, MA :$bE. Elgar,$cc2003.
300 $axi, 210 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aInflation and monetary regimes -- Inflations: long-term historical evidence -- A description of different monetary regimes -- Monetary regimes and inflation -- The inflationary bias of political systems -- The influence of monetary regimes -- Some other characteristics of monetary constitutions -- Inflation under metallic monetary regimes -- Inflation caused by an additional supply of the monetary metal -- The debasement of metal standards by rulers -- Reasons for the introduction and maintenance of stable metallic monetary regimes -- Price and exchange controls -- Consequences of inflation for the real economy -- Moderate paper money inflations -- The introduction of paper money -- Paper money inflation in Sweden during the 18th century -- Paper money inflation in Massachusetts, 1703-1749 -- Inflation during the American War of Independence -- Paper money inflation during the American Civil War -- Chinese paper money inflation under the Ming regime -- Characteristics of hyperinflations -- Some characteristics of the French hyperinflation -- Hyperinflations are caused by government budget deficits -- Real stock of money and currency substitution -- Undervaluation and currency substitution -- Undervaluation as a consequence of currency substitution: a simple model -- Other characteristics of hyperinflations -- Consequences of high inflation for capital markets -- The development of prices -- Economic activity and unemployment -- The political economy of high inflation -- Social and political consequences of hyperinflation -- Currency competition, inflation, Gresham's Law and exchange rate -- Empirical evidence for periods one to three -- The model -- First period: introduction of paper money -- Second period: fixed exchange rate and loss of official reserves -- Third period: Gresham's Law at work -- Fourth Period: The return of good money -- Ending mild or moderate inflations -- Conditions favouring the stabilisation of moderate inflation -- Restoration of stable monetary constitutions after wars at the old parity -- Preconditions for returning to a stable monetary regime at a new parity -- Further discussion of historical examples -- More recent historical examples -- Currency reforms ending hyperinflations -- Political-economic preconditions for initiating successful reforms -- Sufficient economic and institutional conditions for successful currency reforms -- Characteristics of most successful currency reforms: empirical evidence -- Less and least successful reforms -- The influence of wrong evaluations of reform packages by the public -- Sources for historical data not identified in the text and literature relating to different cases of hyperinflation.
650 0 $aInflation (Finance)$xHistory.
650 0 $aMonetary policy$xHistory.
650 0 $aEconomic stabilization.
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