| Description |
xxxiii, 545 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Balance of payments theory and policy -- The foreign exchange market -- The balance of payments -- Elasticity and absorption approaches to the balance of payments -- Macroeconomic policy in an open economy -- The monetary approach to the balance of payments -- Exchange rate determination: theory, evidence and policy -- Purchasing power parity and floating exchange rate experience -- Modern models of exchange rate determination -- The portfolio balance model -- Empirical evidence on exchange rates -- Fixed, floating and managed exchange rates -- The post-war international monetary system -- The international monetary system -- The eurocurrency and eurobond markets -- Currency derivatives: futures, options and swaps -- International macroeconomic policy coordination -- The latin american debt crisis -- The european monetary system and European monetary union -- Currency crises and the East Asian financial crisis -- Financial innovation and the credit crunch |
| Summary |
This text is a well-established and internationally renowned introduction to the subject of intenational finance for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. It provides comprehensive coverage of both traditional and modern theories relating to the balance of payments, exchange rate determination and the international monetary system. There is extensive use of data and empirical evidence to illustrate the relevance of theories and concepts discussed. This edition has been fully updated to include key theoretical and real world developments and details the Eurocurrency and Eurobond markets and derivative instruments such as futures, options and swaps. Major international economic issues, such as international policy co-ordination, the record United States current account deficits and Economic and Monetary Union in the European Union are given full coverage. A new chapter on currency and financial crises provides the basis for a study of the 2001 economic collapse in Argentina and the South East Asian crises of the late 1990s |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
International finance.
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| LC no. |
2012048900 |
| ISBN |
0230362893 |
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9780230362895 |
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