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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781096003321

Titolo

Exchange rate systems and policies in Asia [[electronic resource] /] / editor, Paul S.L. Yip

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008

ISBN

1-282-44073-X

9786612440731

981-283-451-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

YipPaul Sau-Leung

Disciplina

332

Soggetti

Currency boards - Asia

Foreign exchange rates - Asia

Monetary policy - 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.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Introduction: Important Lessons from Some Major Exchange Rate and Monetary Experiences in Asia Paul S. L. Yip; The InternationalMonetary Fund and Exchange Rate Crisis Management Chong-Yah Lim; The Case for an Intermediate Exchange Rate Regime John Williamson; Japan's Deflationary Hangover:Wage Stagnation and the Syndrome of the Ever-Weaker Yen Ronald McKinnon; Managing Flexibility: Japanese Exchange Rate Policy, 1971-2007 Shinji Takagi; China's Exchange Rate System Reform Paul S. L. Yip; The Fog Encircling the Renminbi Debate Yin-Wong Cheung, Menzie D. Chinn and Eiji Fujii

Insulation of India from the East Asian Crisis: An Analysis Pami Dua and Arunima SinhaSingapore's Exchange Rate Policy: Some Implementation Issues Hwee-Kwan Chow

Sommario/riassunto

This important book comprises insightful papers on lessons learned from some major exchange rate and monetary experiences in Asia, exchange rate crisis management in Asia and choice of exchange rate systems in Asia. Originally published in the Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 52, No. 3, 2007, it deals primarily with the exchange rate systems and policies in the three largest economies in Asia: China, Japan and India. It also contains a paper on Singapore's exchange rate



system, whose success could make it a role model for other small open economies. Notable contributors include Ronald McKinnon