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Currency Politics : The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy /

The exchange rate is the most important price in any economy, since it affects all other prices. Exchange rates are set, either directly or indirectly, by government policy. Exchange rates are also central to the global economy, for they profoundly influence all international economic activity. Desp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Frieden, Jeffry A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction the political economy of currency choice
  • A theory of currency policy preferences
  • The United States : from greenbacks to gold, 1862-79
  • The United States : silver threats among the gold, 1880-96
  • European monetary integration : from bretton woods to the euro and beyond
  • Latin American currency policy, 1970-2010
  • The political economy of Latin American currency crises
  • The politics of exchange rates : implications and extensions
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Index.