Currency Politics : The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frieden, Jeffry A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Handelspolitik > historia.
Wechselkurs
Währungspolitik
Währungskrise
Politische Ökonomie
Euro > Währung
Bretton-Woods-System
Foreign exchange rates.
Commercial policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Politique commerciale > Histoire.
Taux de change > Histoire.
Commercial policy > History.
Foreign exchange rates > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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