Monetary Regimes and Inflation: History, Economic and Political Relationships, Second Edition

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Edward Elgar Publishing, Apr 30, 2015 - Business & Economics - 240 pages

Exploring the characteristics of inflations and comparing historical cases from Roman times up to the modern day, this book provides an in depth discussion of the subject. It analyses the high and moderate inflations caused by the inflationary bias of

 

Contents

Preface
Inflation and monetary regimes
Inflation under metallic monetary regimes
Moderate paper money inflations
Characteristics of hyperinflations
Currency competition inflation Greshams Law
Ending mild or moderate inflations
Currency reforms ending hyperinflations
Forces establishing maintaining and eroding stable
Appendix Sources for historical data not identified in the text
Index
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Peter Bernholz, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Center for Economics and Business (WWZ), University of Basle, Switzerland

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