著者

Kazuhiko Yago

出版者

The Japanease Society for the History of Economic Thought

雑誌

経済学史研究 (ISSN:18803164)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.48, no.2, pp.1-18, 2006-12-20 (Released:2010-08-05)

参考文献数

42

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The aim of our paper is to study the intellectual origins of policy selection at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), putting together the new findings in economic history with the achievements in the history of economic thought in this field. Founded in 1930 to cope with the German reparations problem, the BIS encouraged Central Bank Cooperation. Its official and unofficial decision-making takes place at the monthly Governors' Meeting, while its daily operation is handled by the back offices. Among these offices, the Monetary and Economic Department was the most important for its theoretical activities.In this study, we focus on a man who led the policy of the BIS from the 1930s to the 1950s: Per Jacobsson. Born in 1894 in Sweden, Jacobsson began his career as an international economist while moving in the circle of Stockholm School of Economics. Jacobsson has been at the head of the Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS for over 20 years. Through this man, exceptionally productive in both theory and practice, we will observe the process through which a certain intellectual trend of idea develops in the BIS. We will pay special attention to Jacobsson's relationship with Knut Wicksell, whose thought would be an influence on this international institution.

著者

矢後 和彦 Kazuhiko Yago

雑誌

経済学論究 (ISSN:02868032)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.68, no.1, pp.111-137, 2014-06-20