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Tables of Contents for Currencies and Crises
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Introduction
ix
I Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments
Adjustment in the World Economy
3
30
The J-Curve, the Fire Sale, and the Hard Landing
33
8
Differences in Income Elasticities and Trends in Real Exchange Rates
41
20
II Speculation and Exchange Rates
A Model of Balance-of-Payments Crises
61
16
Target Zones and Exchange Rate Dynamics
77
14
Speculative Attacks on Target Zones (with Julio Rotemberg)
91
18
III The Debt Crisis and Its Aftermath
Financing versus Forgiving a Debt Overhang
109
16
Market-Based Debt Reduction Schemes
125
20
Reducing Developing Country Debt
145
20
IV The International Monetary System
The International Role of the Dollar: Theory and Prospect
165
20
Policy Problems of a Monetary Union
185
20
Notes
205
4
References
209
6
Index
215