| Description |
xv, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Carlo A. Ciampi -- Introduction / Peter B. Kenen, Francesco Papadia and Fabrizio Saccomanni -- 1. The international monetary issues of the Bretton Woods era / Jacques J. Polak -- 2. Significant episodes in the evolution of the international monetary system /Guido Carli -- 3. The rise and fall of the concept of international liquidity / John Williamson -- 4. The role of market and official channels in the supply of international liquidity / Andrew Crockett -- 5. High world interest rates: shortage of saving or liquidity? / William H. Branson -- 6. Floating exchange rates reconsidered: the influence of new ideas, priorities, and problems / Peter B. Kenen -- 7. The credibility of adjustable parities: the experience of the European Monetary System / Zhaohui Chen and Alberto Giovannini -- 8. Concerted interventions and the dollar: an analysis of daily data / Pietro Catte, Giampaolo Galli and Salvatore Rebecchini |
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9. Economic performance under alternative exchange rate regimes: some historical evidence / Tamim Bayoumi and Barry Eichengreen -- 10. Improving economic policy coordination: evaluating some new and some not-so-new proposals / Morris Goldstein |
| Analysis |
International finance |
| Notes |
Papers from a conference honoring the memory of Rinaldo Ossola (1913-1990), who served at the Banca d'Italia from 1938 to August 1976 in various positions, including Director General |
| Subject |
Foreign exchange -- Congresses.
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International finance -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Festschriften.
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| Author |
Kenen, Peter B., 1932-2012.
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Ossola, Rinaldo, 1913-
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Papadia, F.
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Saccomanni, Fabrizio.
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Banca d'Italia.
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| LC no. |
93021076 |
| ISBN |
0521454689 (hardback) |
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0521467292 (paperback) |
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