December 2008 Conference in International Monetary History in Paris
Monnaie de Paris & EHESS, December 3-5, 2008

• Revisiting Money As A Unified Unit Of Account From A Complementary Viewpoint
  Dir. Akinobu KURODA  
• Paper Money in Theory and Practice in History
  Dir. Anders ÖGREN

Organization:

Akinobu Kuroda (University of Tokyo), Anders Ögren (Stockholm School of Economics, EconomiX), Bruno Théret (Université Paris-Dauphine, Irises), Georges Depeyrot (CNRS, EHESS), Patrice Baubeau (Université Paris Ouest, IDHE).

Day 1 – Wednesday December 3   
Revisiting Money As A Unified Unit Of Account
From A Complementary Viewpoint

Venue: Museum of the Mint Monnaie de Paris,
Salle de conférence du Musée
11 quai de Conti,
75006 Paris or Paris 6e

Introduction: 10 – 10.30 – Presentations of the two projects

Akinobu Kuroda: Revisiting Money As A Unified Unit Of Account From A Complementary Viewpoint
Anders Ögren: Paper Money in Theory and Practice in History

Session 1: 10.30 – 12.20

10.30 - 11:20: Patrice Baubeau: "The monetization process and the question of the anchor of the unit of account:  the case of the substitution from bills to banknotes in 19th century France".
11.20 - 11:30 Break
11.30 - 12:20: Jérôme Blanc : "The arithmetic of money conversions: putting competition between money in perspective"

12.20 - 14.30 Workshop Lunch

Session 2: 14.30 - 18.00

14.30 - 15.15 :  Torbjorn Engdahl : Title to come.
15.15 - 16.00 : Akinobu Kuroda : “Currencies, Local Credits and Monetary Accounts: Comparison between China, Japan, and England in early modern period”.
16.00 - 16.10 : Break
16.10 - 16.55 : Anders Ögren : “"Imaginary or real  - Christiernin's theory on unit of accounts and money"
16.55 - 17.40 : Bruno Théret : « Between a unified unit of account and plurality of means of payment: the need for money to be also a monetary set of rules »

17.40 - 18.00 : General discussion

Day 2, Thursday December 4   
Paper Money in Theory and Practice in History

Venue: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Salle CEAF
96 bd Raspail
75006 Paris or Paris 6e

Session 1: 10 – 12.30

10 – 10.45 Akinobu Kuroda: “Paper Monies in East Asia”
10.45 – 11.30 Torbjörn Engdahl: “Making Better Money. Bank Notes vs. Assignations in 19th Century Sweden”
11.30 – 11.45 Break
11.45 – 12.30 Patrice Baubeau: “The Note Issuance of the Banque de France in the 19th Century”

12.30 -14.30 Workshop Lunch

Session 2: 14.30 – 17.30

14.30 – 15.15 Gilles Jacoud: “The 1848 Revolution and the issuance of Paper Money in France”
15.15 – 16.00 Jérôme Blanc : “Powers and Money during WWII in France”
16.00 – 16.45 Lars Fredrik Öksendal: “The origins of a paper money economy – the case of Norway”
16.45 – 17.00 Break
17.00 – 17.45 Claudia de Lozanne Jefferies: “Ideas on fiduciary coins in XVII Century Spain”
17.45 – 18.30 Anders Ögren: “Monetary Disorder and a Theory on Fiat Money. Anders Wappengren’s theory revisited”

Day 3, Friday December 5   
Paper Money in Theory and Practice in History
Revisiting Money As A Unified Unit Of Account From A Complementary Viewpoint

Venue: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Salle 4
105 Bd Raspail
75006 Paris ou Paris 6e

Session 1: 14.30 – 16 Revisiting Money As A Unified Unit Of Account From A Complementary Viewpoint

14.30 – 15.15 Luca Fantacci : "Back to Bretton Woods: the opportunity of an international unit of account... not to be lost again",
15.15 – 16.00 Massimo Amato : ‘Fiduciary Coins Vs Fiduciary Paper: The Dogmatic Divide of the English Great Recoinage in 1696’.

Session 2: 16.15 – 18 Paper Money in Theory and Practice in History

16.15 – 17.00 Luca Fantacci: “John Laws monetary projects for the House of Savoy, 1711 – 1715”

17.00 – 18.00 General Discussion