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Origins and developments of Irving Fisher's compensated dollar plan

Gomez Betancourt, Rebeca; de Boyer des Roches, Jérôme (2013), Origins and developments of Irving Fisher's compensated dollar plan, International Conference of the Centennial Anniversary of the Purchasing Power of Money by Irving Fisher, 2011-10, Lyon, France

Type
Communication / Conférence
Date
2013
Conference title
International Conference of the Centennial Anniversary of the Purchasing Power of Money by Irving Fisher
Conference date
2011-10
Conference city
Lyon
Conference country
France
Journal name
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Volume
20
Number
2
Publisher
Routledge
Pages
261-283
Publication identifier
10.1080/09672567.2012.758755
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Author(s)
Gomez Betancourt, Rebeca cc
Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique [TRIANGLE]
de Boyer des Roches, Jérôme
Abstract (EN)
In 1911, Fisher published The Purchasing Power of Money. In chapter 13 of the first edition and in an appendix in the second section of 1913, he introduced a rule to maintain the stability of the level of prices, known as the “compensated dollar”. According to this rule, the legal definition of money is changed. In other words, the weight in gold of the dollar is modified once a month in order to impede the frequency of price changes on a basket of goods. According to Fisher, this plan would offer stability for the purchasing power of money. He sought to find an alternative system to the fixed price of gold under the Gold Standard. He wanted to introduce a dollar fixed in terms of its purchasing power, but variable in terms of its metallic weight. In this paper, we will focus on Fisher's analysis of the stability of money value and his position in the debate on the compensated dollar from 1909 to 1922. We will study the anticipations of Fisher's compensated dollar, the critical reception of Fisher's project and the evolutions it gave rise to, the gold exchange standard and the algebraic evidence. We also examine the debate's connections to the question of whether or not the compensated dollar plan is compatible with the quantity theory of money. We end with the analysis of the gold price elasticity of the net supply of gold, with an explanation of the relationship between the Yellowbacks and the varying price of the gold reserve.
Subjects / Keywords
Quantity theory; compensated dollar; prices; gold exchange standard
JEL
B10 - General
E40 - General
E50 - General
N11 - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913

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