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The Gold Standard as a “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval”

Bordo, Michael D., Rockoff, Hugh·1996·The Journal of Economic History
DOI 10.1017/s0022050700016491
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In this article we argue that during the period from 1870 to 1914 adherence to the gold standard was a signal of financial rectitude, a “good housekeeping seal of approval”, that facilitated access by peripheral countries to capital from the core countries of western Europe. Examination of data from nine widely different capital-importing countries, using a model inspired by the Capital Asset Pricing Model, reveals that countries with poor records of adherence were charged considerably more than those with good records, enough to explain the determined effort to stay on gold made by a number of capital-importing countries.

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Authors
Bordo, M. D., & Rockoff, H.
Venue
The Journal of Economic History
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1996-06
Volume
56
Issue
2
Pages
389-428
ISSN
  • 0022-0507 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-6372
DOI
10.1017/s0022050700016491
OpenAlex
W3121137126
Cited by
518
References
33
FWCI
18.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
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