Dollar-sterling exchange rate in the 1920s: Purchasing power parity and the Norman conquest of 4.86

  • Mark P. Taylor

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    Abstract

    The issue of long-run purchasing power parity for the US dollar-UK sterling exchange rate during the 1920s float is re-examined, and it is concluded that a form of long-run purchasing-power parity did in fact hold for dollar-sterling during this period. The new results are also employed to gauge the degree of overvaluation of sterling relative to the imposed pre-war parity of 4.86 on its return to gold in 1925 and for 12 months afterwards.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)803-811
    Number of pages9
    JournalApplied Economics
    Volume24
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Aug 1992

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