TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gowa,Joanne
AU  - Gowa,Joanne
TI  - Closing the Gold Window: Domestic Politics and the End of Bretton Woods 
T2  - Cornell Studies in Political Economy
SN  - 9781501745195
AV  - HG3903.G68 1983 
U1  - 332.4/560973 
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY : 
PB  - Cornell University Press, 
KW  - Dollar, American
KW  - Foreign exchange
KW  - United States
KW  - Gold standard
KW  - International finance
KW  - General Economics
KW  - Political Science & Political History
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; I. Introduction --; 2. The Bretton Woods Regime and the United States --; 3. The Influence of Consensus --; 4. The Role of Structure and Process --; 5. The President, Policy Implementation, and the Short Road to Camp David --; 6. The Camp David Meeting --; 7. Conclusion --; Appendix: Interviews --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - On August 15, 1971, President Nixon announced that the United States would no longer convert dollars into gold or other primary reserve assets, effectively ending the Bretton Woods regime that had governed post-World War II international monetary relations.Complementing earlier works that emphasize international political and economic factors, Joanne Gowa's book examines the ways in which domestic influences contributed to this crucial action. In Closing the Gold Window, she argues that the mid-1971 decision was the consequence, in part, of the high priority Nixon administration officials assigned to maintaining U.S. freedom of action at home and abroad. She also maintains that the organization of the U.S. government for the conduct of international monetary policy played a role in the decision that ended the Bretton Woods regime
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501745195
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501745195
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501745195/original
ER  -