Reconstruction of the Spanish money supply, 1492–1810

How did the Spanish money supply evolve in the aftermath of the discovery of large amounts of precious metals in Spanish America? We synthesize the available data on the mining of precious metals and their international flow to estimate the money supply for Spain from 1492 to 1810. Our estimate sugg...

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Main Author: Chen, Yao (author)
Other Authors: Palma, Nuno (author), Ward, Felix (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/48810
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/48810