Working Paper

Central banking under the gold standard


Abstract: This paper is intended as a positive analysis of temporary government policy actions under a gold standard. To understand a gold standard is to understand the private valuation of money and gold as assets, and how their asset values can be influenced by government money and gold policy actions under a fixed money price of gold. An intertemporal, rational expectations, asset-pricing model is employed to address these issues.

Keywords: Banks and banking, Central; Gold standard;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Part of Series: Working Paper

Publication Date: 1988

Number: 88-05