Vol. 21, num 2 (June 2025)

ISSN-L: 1698-6989

DOI: 10.33231/ihe

ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-NODERIVATIVES 4.0 INTERNATIONAL (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) © The Author(s) 2025

Political reasons for monetary policy choices: Portugal’s adoptionof the gold standard (1846-1854).

Rita Martins de Sousa

AGRADECIMIENTOS:

The author would like to thank the seminar participants of the XVIII World Economic History Conferen- ce, held in Boston, and in particular Paolo di Martini, Stefano Ugolini and Marcela Sabaté. We would also like to thank two anony- mous referees for their helpful comments and advices.

FINANCIACIÓN:

This work has beneffitted from the financial help of FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under Projects UID04521 & UID06522.