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The Classical Gold Standard Practice Questions
Why did the classical gold standard come to an end?
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a. The Civil War
b. The Spanish-American War
c. World War I
d. World War II
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the classical gold standard:
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a. It was governed by clear and predictable rules
b. Governments could easily inflate away their debts
c. It allowed a higher level of trade to occur
d. It made borrowing between governments more reliable
According to the price-specie flow mechanism, if prices differ across nations:
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a. gold will move to bring prices into international equilibrium
b. gold will move to exacerbate the disequilibrium
c. gold will be abandoned in nations where it is less valuable
d. substitutes will be found for gold in nations where it is more valuable in use
The “gold points” concept explained why prices could differ by small amounts between nations. This occurred because:
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a. Arbitrageurs did not exist at this time
b. It was considered desirable to have price discrepancies
c. it was expensive to ship gold from one nation to another
d. it was cheap to ship gold from one nation to another
If a bank under the classical gold standard was short on reserves, it could attract gold from abroad by:
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a. raising domestic prices
b. curtailing its exports
c. lowering its discount rate
d. raising its discount rate
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International Finance
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(56 videos)
Introduction to International Trade and Finance
Balance of Payments
Practice Questions
Purchasing Power Parity
Practice Questions
David Hume on the Balance of Trade
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Isaac Gervaise
Practice Questions
Exchange Rates
Real Exchange Rates
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Real and Nominal Exchange Rates
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Are Devaluations Contractionary?
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Forward Exchange Rates
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Covered Interest Parity
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Uncovered Interest Parity and the Carry Trade
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Speculative Attacks
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The “Peso Problem”
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Long Swings in Exchange Rates
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Long Swings in Exchange Rates
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Swiss Franc Peg
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Bela Balassa
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Currency Issues
The Classical Gold Standard
Practice Questions
Gold Exchange Standard
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Bretton Woods
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Reserve Currencies
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Safe Haven Currencies
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Capital Controls
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Currency Manipulation
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Chinese Currency Manipulation
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Borrowing in Your Own Currency
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The Euro Crisis
The Three Sides of the Crisis
Practice Questions
The Case for Optimism
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The Case for Pessimism
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European Central Bank
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The Bailout Funds
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Why are high bond yields a problem?
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The Italian Crisis of 2013
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The costs of leaving the Eurozone
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Remarks on individual countries
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Currency union collapse in history
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Indicators for Eurozone progress
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Life on the precipice
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Will austerity work?
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Effects on other multilateral agreements
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Optimum currency areas
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Optimum currency areas and the Euro
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Why is the Euro so bland?
Tyler Cowen lecture at the Bruno Leoni Institute (Optional)
Understanding the Eurocrisis (Optional)
Iceland: Causes of the Crisis
Iceland: Collapse
International Trade Overview
Trade Imbalances
Practice Questions
Dark Matter
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The “Dutch Disease”
Practice Questions
Home Bias
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Introduction to Mercantilism
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Adam Smith on Mercantile Systems
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Adam Smith on Mercantile Conclusions
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Crises and Responses to Them
Asian Financial Crisis of 1997
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Mexico and the 2008 Financial Crisis
Sudden Stops
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