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good housekeeping seal of approval: a standalone construct

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Economic history

the idea that adhering to gold signaled sound policy to foreign lenders and lowered a country's borrowing costs before 1914.

In economic history, good housekeeping seal of approval refers to the idea that adhering to gold signaled sound policy to foreign lenders and lowered a country's borrowing costs before 1914. This meaning comes from Bordo (1996) in The Journal of Economic History.[1]

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References

Bordo, M. D., & Rockoff, H. (1996). The Gold Standard as a “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval”. The Journal of Economic History, 56(2), 389-428. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700016491

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