The French Franc Between the Wars 1919–1939 / / Martin Wolfe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Wolfe, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1951]; ©1951
• Year of Publication: 1951
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 569
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; CHAPTER I French Financial and Monetary Institutions to 1924 The Financial and Fiscal Setting --; The Franc during War and Reconstruction --; CHAPTER II The Four-Sou Franc The End of the Germinal Franc --; The French Economy in the Post-War Decade --; Monetary Policy in the Reconstruction Decade --; CHAPTER III " The Strongest Currency in the World " The Depression and the Treasury, 1929-1932 --; The " Golden Glow "—French Business Conditions, 1929-1932 --; The Aftermath of the Golden Glow --; Depression and Deflation The Fight to Save the Gold Franc, 1933-1936 --; Depression and Stagnation --; Why Deflation? --; CHAPTER V Popular Front Experiments From Left to Right : The Monetary Policies of the Popular Front --; Prosperity Unregained --; Some Observations on the Blum Experiments --; CHAPTER VI The Return to Confidence The Paper Franc, 1937-1939 --; Pre-War Business Conditions --; CHAPTER VII Summary and Conclusions --; APPENDIXES --; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231894036; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/wolf93504
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Martin Wolfe.

Focuses on the changes in purchase power and the exchange value of the French franc from 1919-1939. First through the evolution of the national monetary policy and second through statistical evidence on development in prices, production, trade and payment, income and employment, and the money market.