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Where Did Development Economics Come From?

open access: yes
Development and Change, EarlyView.
Eric Helleiner
wiley   +1 more source

Goodbye connections, hello Bagehot: democratization, lender of last resort independence and bank failures in Spain in 1931

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 89-132, February 2026.
Abstract Did democratization reduce the likelihood of politically connected bank bailouts in the past? What role did private central banks play as independent lenders of last resort? To answer these questions, this article provides new detailed archival evidence on the causes of bank failures in Spain in July 1931.
Enrique Jorge‐Sotelo
wiley   +1 more source

O Acordo de Bretton Woods e a evidência histórica. O sistema financeiro internacional no pós-guerra

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Political Economy
RESUMO O Acordo de Bretton Woods refletiu a hegemonia dos Estados Unidos no pós-guerra e o dólar estava vinculado à commodity que historicamente representou o dinheiro internacional - o ouro.
SAMUEL KILSZTAJN
doaj   +1 more source

Las coincidencias del pensamiento de John H. Williams y Raúl Prebisch acerca del orden económico internacional de posguerra

open access: yesAmérica Latina en la Historia Económica, 2017
Este trabajo indaga en las similitudes del pensamiento de Williams y Prebisch sobre el sistema monetario internacional, y analiza la articulación entre los intereses oficiales estadunidenses y los países periféricos en los albores de Bretton Woods, a ...
Noemí Brenta
doaj   +1 more source

Suez and Sterling, 1956 [PDF]

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Daily data on spot and forward dollar/sterling exchange rates and on Britain's foreign exchange reserves are used to reassess the financial history of the 1956 Suez crisis.
Adam Klug, Gregor W. Smith
core  

Major Conundrums and Possible Solutions in DeFi Insurance

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 489-501, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper empirically explores the early development of insurance projects in the decentralised finance (DeFi) industry, which is based on disruptive technologies like blockchain and smart contracts. A brief history of DeFi is narrated, stressing four risks of DeFi (volatility risk, cyberattack risk, liquidity risk, and regulation risk) and ...
Peng Zhou, Ying Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Twenty-five years of post-Bretton Woods experience: some lessons

open access: yesPSL Quarterly Review, 1999
In 1971 many academic economists were predicting that the Bretton Woods system of fixed parities would collapse. Some, most notably Milton Friedman, became excited about the possibility of a floating system because the benefits of international capital ...
H. ASKARI
doaj  

Multibook review. From Bretton Woods to Barack Obama: continuity and discontinuity in the global order

open access: yesRevista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2016
Review of the books: Naím, Moisés. Prólogo de Fernando Henrique Cardoso Repensar el mundo. 111 sorpresas del siglo XXI. Debate, 2016 416 págs. Steil, Benn La batalla de Bretton Woods.
Alfredo Crespo Alcázar
doaj   +1 more source

Bubbles, External Imbalances & Demand for International Liquidity in the Bretton Woods II System [PDF]

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Global structural factors both monetary and real played a prominent role in the burst of subprime crisis: 1) the Bretton Woods II international monetary system; 2) the reduction of US real investment return compared with competing countries. We develop a
Andrea Ricci
core  

The Influence of German Development Cooperation on Foreign Direct Investment Decisions of German Investors

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 57-73, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT This study critically examines the relationship between the neo‐liberal economic ideas about development cooperation, overseas development assistance and foreign direct investment (FDI). Specifically, it explores how Germany's neo‐liberal Marshall Plan with Africa influences the investment decisions of German companies in Africa.
Kweku Adams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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