Book contents
- Swiss Monetary History since the Early 19th Century
- Studies in Macroeconomic History
- Swiss Monetary History since the Early 19th Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Political and Economic Development of Switzerland
- Part II A Chronological Review of Swiss Monetary History in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- 2 Creation of a National Currency (1848–1881)
- 3 The Long Road to a Swiss Central Bank (1881–1914)
- 4 World War I and the Postwar Period (1914–1929)
- 5 From the Great Depression to World War II (1929–1945)
- 6 Switzerland under the System of Bretton Woods (1945–1973)
- 7 The Era of Flexible Exchange Rates (1973–present)
- Part III Key Questions and General Insights from Swiss Monetary Experience
- Bibliography
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
2 - Creation of a National Currency (1848–1881)
from Part II - A Chronological Review of Swiss Monetary History in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2017
Book contents
- Swiss Monetary History since the Early 19th Century
- Studies in Macroeconomic History
- Swiss Monetary History since the Early 19th Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Political and Economic Development of Switzerland
- Part II A Chronological Review of Swiss Monetary History in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- 2 Creation of a National Currency (1848–1881)
- 3 The Long Road to a Swiss Central Bank (1881–1914)
- 4 World War I and the Postwar Period (1914–1929)
- 5 From the Great Depression to World War II (1929–1945)
- 6 Switzerland under the System of Bretton Woods (1945–1973)
- 7 The Era of Flexible Exchange Rates (1973–present)
- Part III Key Questions and General Insights from Swiss Monetary Experience
- Bibliography
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
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- Swiss Monetary History since the Early 19th Century , pp. 21 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017