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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780801903321

Titolo

Exchange rate, monetary and financial issues and policies in Asia [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ramkishen S. Rajan, Shandre Thangavelu, Rasyad A. Parinduri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44093-4

9786612440939

981-283-458-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RajanRamkishen S

ThangaveluShandre <1969->

ParinduriRasyad A. <1962->

Disciplina

332/.042095

Soggetti

Monetary policy - Asia

Foreign exchange rates - Asia

Finance - Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; CONTENTS; Biography; Introduction; I. Overview; II. Exchange Rate Regimes and International Reserves; III. Capital Flows, Spillovers, and Interdependence; IV. Regional Exchange Rate, Monetary and Financial Cooperation; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A decade has passed since the Asian crisis of 1997-1998 which decimated many of the regional economies. While the crisis itself led to severe economic and political consequences, its primary cause was an inappropriate mix of policies, as regional economies attempted to simultaneously maintain fairly rigid exchange rates (soft US dollar pegs) and monetary policy autonomy in the presence of large-scale capital outflows. The chapters in this volume focus on selected exchange rate, monetary and financial issues and policies that are of contemporary relevance and importance to Asia, including choic