The gold standard and related regimes: introduction to the collection -- The gold standard: theory -- The gold standard: the traditional approach -- John E. Cairnes on the effects of the Australian gold discoveries, 1851-73: an early application of the methodology of positive economics -- The classical gold standard: some lessons for today -- A model of the classical gold standard with depletion / with Richard Wayne Ellson -- The gold standard as a commitment mechanism / with Finn E. Kydland -- The operation of the specie standard: evidence for core and peripheral countries, 1880-1990 / with Anna J. Schwartz --The gold standard as a "good housekeeping seal of approval" / with Hugh Rockoff -- A tale of two currencies: British and French finances during the Napoleonic Wars / with Eugene N. White -- Money, deflation, and seigniorage in the fifteenth century: a review essay -- The Bretton Woods international monetary system: a historical overview -- Is there a good case for a new Bretton Woods international monetary system?
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