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Pictures of a Revolution: Analyzing the Transition from Global Bimetallism to the Gold Standard in the 1860s and 1870s

Author/Editor: Johannes Wiegand.

Release Date:June, 2022

In the early 1870s, the global monetary system transitioned from bimetallism—a regime in which gold and silver currencies were tied at quasi-fixed exhange ratios—to the gold standard that was more...



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Global Climate Change Mitigation, Fossil-Fuel Driven Development, and the Role of Financial and Technology Transfers: A Simple Framework

Author/Editor: Johannes Wiegand.

Release Date:November, 2021

Climate financing and compensation have emerged as key themes in the international climate mitigation debate. According to one argument in support of compensation, advanced economies (AEs) have used more...



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Destabilizing the Global Monetary System: Germany's Adoption of the Gold Standard in the Early 1870s

Author/Editor: Johannes Wiegand.

Release Date:February, 2019

In 1871-73, newly unified Germany adopted the gold standard, replacing the silver-based currencies that had been prevalent in most German states until then. The reform sparked a series of steps in more...



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Carry Trade vs. Deposit-Driven Euroization

Author/Editor: Nan Geng, Tiberiu Scutaru, Johannes Wiegand.

Release Date:March, 2018

Financial “euroization”—or “dollarization” outside of Central and Eastern Europe—is typically analyzed as a singular phenomenon that can be traced to a common set of factors. This paper more...



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The Re-Emerging Privilege of Euro Area Membership

Author/Editor: Johannes Wiegand.

Release Date:July, 2017

When the euro was introduced in 1998, one objective was to create an alternative global reserve currency that would grant benefits to euro area countries similar to the U.S. dollar’s “exorbitant more...



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Taking Stock of Monetary and Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Europe

Author/Editor: Nazim Belhocine, Ernesto Crivelli, Nan Geng, Tiberiu Scutaru, Johannes Wiegand, Zaijin Zhan.

Release Date:November, 2016

The demands on monetary and exchange rate regimes in CESEE have evolved, in line with the region’s development. In the 1990s, the immediate challenge was to rein in excessive inflation following more...



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Bank Recycling of Petro Dollars to Emerging Market Economies During the Current Oil Price Boom

Author/Editor: Johannes Wiegand.

Release Date:July, 2008

High oil prices have once again led to large external surpluses of oil exporting countries, similar to the 1970s and 1980s. This paper analyzes the extent to which (i) oil exporters use bank deposits more...



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Sectoral Balance Sheet Mismatches and Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities in Colombia, 1996-2003

Author/Editor: Juan Manuel Lima, Johannes Wiegand, Enrique Montes, Carlos Varela.

Release Date:January, 2006

We employ an extended version of the Allen et al. (2002) Balance Sheet Approach to examine macroeconomic vulnerabilities in Colombia between 1996 and 2003, based on an unusually rich data set. We more...



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Fiscal Surveillance in a Petro Zone : The Case of the CEMAC

Author/Editor: Johannes Wiegand.

Release Date:January, 2004

This paper discusses fiscal surveillance criteria for the countries of the Central African Monetary and Economic Union (CEMAC), most of which depend heavily on oil exports. At present, the CEMAC's more...



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