Product Description: This volume provides an integrated compilation of selected major articles published by the author in several fields of international finance. These include contributions to the understanding of currency crises and financial contagion, the evolution of exchange rate regimes, the interaction between national fiscal policies and regional monetary unions, and the effect of uncertainty on the gains from international economic policy coordination...read more

Product Description: Much recent discussion has focused on the prospects for monetary unification in Europe and the possible creation of a European central bank. This book discusses in detail the possible structure and operational procedures of such a bank and investigates their implications for the community's member states and for the global economy...read more

This book provides a good basis for a graduate course in international finance. It also serves as a reference source for professional economists. Though other good surveys and handbooks are available, they are too extensive to serve as a graduate textbook. In many cases they are outdated, as there has been an explosion of work on the issues over the last decade, stimulated by events such as the Asian crises of 1997 and 1998, the creation of the Euro zone in 1999, and Argentina s 2001 default. This book covers up-to-date developments on these issues.

Product Description: Africa is working toward the goal of creating a common currency that would serve as a symbol of African unity. The advantages of a common currency include lower transaction costs, increased stability, and greater insulation of central banks from pressures to provide monetary financing...read more

Product Description: In April 2000 six West African countries declared their intention to proceed to monetary union among the non-CFA franc countries of the region by January 2003, as a first step toward a wider monetary union including all the ECOWAS countries in 2004...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The International Monetary System and UMU held a conference that was held in Washington DC on March 17-18, 1997. This volume is a record of the event, co-sponsored by the Foundation Camille Gutt and the IMF. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: France has undergone major transformations since 1985. The French economy has achieved a degree of price and exchange rate stability similar to Germany's. However, recent recession has highlighted some severe structural problems. The unemployment rate has risen to levels that were previously unknown in post-war France, and the decline in growth from the abnormally high levels of the late 1980s revealed serious fiscal imbalances that go beyond mere cyclical deficits...read more

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