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Papers by Michael Bordo
University of Chicago Press eBooks, 2015
University of Chicago Press eBooks, Feb 12, 2015
reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated... more reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.
Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
University of Chicago Press eBooks, 2015
University of Chicago Press eBooks, Feb 12, 2015
reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated... more reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.
Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
Under the classical gold standard (1880-1914), the Bank of France maintained a stable discount ra... more Under the classical gold standard (1880-1914), the Bank of France maintained a stable discount rate while the Bank of England changed its rate very frequently. Why did the policies of these central banks, the two pillars of the gold standard, differ so much? How did the Bank of France manage to keep a stable rate and continuously violate the “rules of the game”? This paper tackles these questions and shows that the domestic asset portfolio of the Bank of France played a crucial role in smoothing international shocks and in maintaining the stability of the discount rate. This policy provides a striking example of a central bank that uses its balance sheet to block the interest rate channel and protect the domestic economy from international constraints