Approaches to Greater Flexibility of Exchange Rates : The Bürgenstock Papers /

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This volume contains the papers presented and comments made at two conferences on the controversial subject of greater flexibility of exchange rates. The first of the conferences was held at Oyster Bay, New York, early in 1969, the second at Bürgenstock, Switzerland, in the summer of 1969. One half...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Halm, George N. (George Nikolaus), 1901-1984 (Editor ), Bergsten, C. Fred, 1941- (Compilador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1970.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Foreign exchange.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Change.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface ; CONTENTS; PART I. INTRODUCTION; 1. Toward Limited Flexibility of Exchange Rates ; 2. Two Lists of Topics for Further Study and a Proposed Outline for Conference Papers ; 3. On Terms, Concepts, Theories, and Strategies in the Discussion of Greater Flexibility of Exchange Rates; 4. Currency Parities in the Second Decade of Convertibility ; 5. Comments on Mr. Roosa's Paper; 6. The United States and Greater Flexibility of Exchange Rates ; 7. Decision-Making on Exchange Rates; PART II. THE CASE FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY OF EXCHANGE RATES; 8. The Case for Flexible Exchange Rates, 1969
  • 9. Comments on Mr. Johnson's Paper10. The International Monetary System: Some Recent Developments and Discussions; 11. Fixed Exchange Rates and the Market Mechanism ; 12. The Adjustment Process, Its Asymmetry, and Possible Consequences ; 13. Entrepreneurial Risk Under Flexible Exchange Rates ; 14. The Wider Band and Foreign Direct Investment ; 15. The Business View of Proposals for International Monetary Reform ; PART III. THE CASE AGAINST FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES ; 16. The Outlook for the Present World Monetary System ; 17. Comments on Mr. Oppenheimer's Paper: A More Optimistic View
  • 18. Could the Crises of the Last Few Years Have Been Avoided by Flexible Exchange Rates?19. Notes for the Bürgenstock Conference; 20. Why I am Not in Favor of Greater Flexibility of Exchange Rates ; 21. Greater Flexibility of Exchange Rates: Effects on Commodities, Capital, and Money Markets ; 22. Selected Case Studies Relating to Foreign-Exchange Problems in International Trade and Money Markets ; 23. Comments on Mr. Kuster's Papers; PART IV. PRACTICAL PROPOSALS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION; 24. The International Monetary Game: Objectives and Rules
  • 25. When and How Should Parities Be Changed? 26. A ""Realistic"" Note on Threefold Limited Flexibility of Exchange Rates ; 27. Asymmetrical Widening of the Bands Around Parity ; 28. Sliding Parities: A Proposal for Presumptive Rules ; 29. The Fixed-Reserve Standard: A Proposal to ""Reverse"" Bretton Woods ; 30. Rules for a Sliding Parity: A Proposal; 31. Some Implications of Flexible Exchange Rates, Including Effects on Forward Markets and Transitional Problems ; 32. A Technical Note on the Width of the Band Required to Accommodate Parity Changes of Particular Size
  • 33. Short-Term Capital Movements and the Interest-Rate Constraint Under Systems of Limited Flexibility of Exchange Rates PART V. EXCHANGE-RATE FLEXIBILITY AND THE FORWARD MARKET ; 34. The Forward-Exchange Market: Misunderstandings Between Practitioners and Economists; 35. Forward Currency ""Costs"": A Zero Sum Game? ; 36. Comments on Mr. Watts's Paper; 37. Exchange Risks and Forward Coverage in Different Monetary Systems ; 38. The Effect on the Forward-Exchange Market of More Flexible Rates ; 39. Comments on Mr. Batt's Paper; 40. Flexible Exchange Rates and Forward Markets

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