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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Institutional Change Through the End of Bretton Woods

博士论文研究：布雷顿森林体系结束后的制度变革

基本信息

批准号：
1802165
负责人：
Nina Bandelj
金额：
$ 1.2万
依托单位：
University of California-Irvine
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-03-15 至 2019-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802165&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research Institutional Change

项目摘要

Throughout the postwar period, the Bretton Woods system secured stable exchange rates between international currencies by way of the U.S. dollar convertibility to gold at a set price. In 1971, the United States ceased this policy of gold-dollar convertibility, leaving the international economy governed by flexible exchange rates shortly thereafter. This project examines the process of international negotiation over monetary reform that culminated in unilateral American action in 1971, an outcome that defies existing understandings of how institutions change from within. The project also evaluates whether the end of Bretton Woods was driven more by international political interests than the imperatives of the international monetary system itself. Findings will inform understanding of the relationship between economic crises and related political actions.The project will analyze extensive archival records that document the decision-making process leading to the end of Bretton Woods. Using declassified documents from the National Archives in College Park, as well as several Presidential Libraries, the project will produce an updated historical narrative of the end of Bretton Woods. There are three objectives: 1) to extend the most current theories of institutional change to address the dynamics of policymaking processes; 2) to articulate a mechanism by which economic policy decisions capitalize on public perceptions of crisis; and 3) to contribute an update social science history of the end of Bretton Woods. These objectives will be reached through process-tracing to make causal inferences based on complex sequences of events.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在整个战后时期，布雷顿森林体系通过美元以固定价格兑换黄金的方式，确保了国际货币之间的稳定汇率。1971年，美国停止了黄金与美元可兑换的政策，不久之后，国际经济就由灵活的汇率支配。这个项目考察了关于货币改革的国际谈判过程，最终导致美国在1971年采取单边行动，这一结果打破了现有的关于机构如何从内部改变的理解。该项目还评估布雷顿森林体系的终结是否更多地是由国际政治利益推动的，而不是国际货币体系本身的必要性。研究结果将有助于理解经济危机和相关政治行动之间的关系。该项目将分析大量档案记录，记录导致布雷顿森林体系终结的决策过程。利用大学公园国家档案馆和几家总统图书馆的解密文件，该项目将产生布雷顿森林体系终结的最新历史叙事。有三个目标：1)推广最新的体制变革理论，以处理决策过程的动态；2)阐明经济政策决策利用公众对危机的看法的机制；3)介绍布雷顿森林体系终结的最新社会科学历史。这些目标将通过过程追踪来实现，以基于复杂的事件序列做出因果推断。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。