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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2013
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers No. 20/2013
Verlag: 
Bank of Finland, Helsinki
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper assesses Revolutionary and Napoleonic wartime economic policy. Suspension of gold convertibility in 1797 allowed the Bank of England to nurture British monetary orthodoxy. The Order of the Privy Council suspended gold payments on Bank of England notes and afforded simultaneous protection to the government and the Bank in pursuit of the conflicting goals of price stability and war finance. The government, the Bank of England and the commercial banks formed a loose alliance drawing on due political and legal processes and also paid close attention to public opinion. We suggest that the ongoing solvency of the Bank of England was facilitated by suspension and allowed the Bank to continue to make substantial profits throughout the Wars. It became acceptable for merchants to continue to trade with non-convertible Bank of England notes and for the government to finance the war effort, even with significant recourse to unfunded debt. These aspects combined to create a suspension of convertibility that did not undermine the currency. By contrast, the Assignats debacle had cost the French monetary system its reputation in the last decade of the 18th century and so Napoleonic finance had to evolve within a more rigid and limiting framework.
Schlagwörter: 
Monetary Orthodoxy
Suspension of Convertibility
War Finance
JEL: 
C61
E31
E4
E5
N13
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ISBN: 
978-952-6699-38-7
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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