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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453985903321

Titolo

International financial issues in the Pacific Rim [[electronic resource] ] : global imbalances, financial liberalization, and exchange rate policy / / edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-95719-4

9786611957193

0-226-38708-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Collana

NBER-East Asia seminar on economics ; ; v. 17

Altri autori (Persone)

Itò„Takatoshi <1950->

RoseAndrew <1959->

Disciplina

332/.042095

Soggetti

Foreign exchange rates - East Asia

Capital movements - East Asia

Finance - East Asia

Foreign exchange rates

Capital movements

Finance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at the 17th annual East Asian Seminar in Economics, held at the Kohala Coast, Hawaii, June 22, 24, 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Life on the Tri-Polar Sphere -- 2. Liquidity Risk Aversion, Debt Maturity, and Current Account Surpluses -- 3. Are Currency Appreciations Contractionary in China? -- 4. The Relationship between Openness and Inflation in NIEs and the G7 -- 5. Pass-Through of Exchange Rates to Consumption Prices -- 6. Price Impacts of Deals and Predictability of the Exchange Rate Movements -- 7. Adopting a Common Currency Basket Arrangement into the ASEAN Plus Three -- 8. Growth and Returns in Emerging Markets -- 9. Bond Markets as Conduits for Capital Flows -- 10. Financial Liberalization under the WTO and Its Relationship with the



Macro Economy -- 11. Cross-Border Acquisitions and Target Firms' Performance -- 12. Stock Market Opening and the Cost of Capital -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The imbalanced, yet mutually beneficial, trading relationship between the United States and Asia has long been one of international finance's most perplexing mysteries. Although the United States continues to post a substantial trade deficit-and China reaps the benefits of a surplus-the dollar has yet to sink in the face of ever-increasing account disparities. International Financial Issues in the Pacific Rim explains why the United States enjoys a seemingly symbiotic relationship with its trading partners despite stark inequities in the trade balance, especially with Asia. This timely and well-informed study also debunks the assumed link between economic openness and low inflation in the region, identifies the serious gap between academic and private-sector researchers' understanding of exchange rate volatility, and analyzes the liberalization of Asian capital accounts. International Financial Issues in the Pacific Rim will have broad implications for global trade and economic policy issues in Asia and beyond.