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Journal of Economic Perspectives: Vol. 7 No. 2 (Spring 1993)

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Transmission of the Great Depression

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Temin, Peter. 1993. "Transmission of the Great Depression." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 7(2): 87-102.

DOI: 10.1257/jep.7.2.87

Abstract

To a first approximation, the question of how the Great Depression spread from country to country is short and straightforward: fixed exchange rates under the gold standard transmitted negative demand shocks. The first half of this paper will describe current thinking about the relationship between the gold standard and the Great Depression. The second half of the paper will look at a phenomenon not included in this first approximation: financial crises. Many have noted that banking panics and currency crises are bad for national economies, but few have tried to model their international spread.

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Temin, Peter (MIT)

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N12: Economic History: Macroeconomics; Growth and Fluctuations: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
E42: Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System; Payment Systems
E44: Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
E32: Business Fluctuations; Cycles

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