Economic adjustment and exchange rates in developing countries [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sebastian Edwards and Liaquat Ahamed

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1986
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (460 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.4/5/091724; 332.45091724
• Soggetto topico: Economic stabilization - Developing countries - Econometric models; Foreign exchange administration - Developing countries - Econometric models
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AhamedLiaquat EdwardsSebastian <1953->
• Note generali: "Papers ... presented at a joint National Bureau of Economic Research-World Bank conference held in Washington, D.C., 29 November through 1 December, 1984."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Exchange Rate Management and Stabilization Policies in Developing Countries -- 2. The Effects of Commercial, Fiscal, Monetary, and Exchange Rate Policies on the Real Exchange Rate -- 3. Wage Indexation, Supply Shocks, and Monetary Policy in a Small, Open Economy -- 4. Multiple Exchange Rates for Commercial Transactions -- 5. Welfare, Banks, and Capital Mobility in Steady State: The Case of Predetermined Exchange Rates -- 6. Capital Flows, the Current Account, and the Real Exchange Rate: Some Consequences of Stabilization and Liberalization -- 7. Commodity Export Prices and the Real Exchange Rate in Developing Countries: Coffee in Colombia -- 8. Stabilization, Stagflation, and Investment Incentives: The Case of Kenya, 1979-1980 -- 9. Discrete Devaluation as a Signal to Price Setters: Suggested Evidence from Greece -- 10. Collective Pegging to a Single Currency: The West African Monetary Union -- 11. Economic Adjustment and the Real Exchange Rate -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In spite of the attention paid exchange rates in recent economic debates on developing countries, relatively few studies have systematically analyzed in detail the various ramifications of exchange rate policy in these countries. In this new volume from the National Bureau of Economic Research, leading economists use rigorous models to tackle various exchange rate issues, while also illuminating policy implications that emerge from their analyses. The volume, divided into four main sections, addresses: the role of exchange rates in stabilization programs and the adjustment process; the importance of exchange rate policy during liberalization reform in developing countries; exchange rate problems relevant and unique to developing countries, illustrated by case studies; and the problems defining, measuring, and identifying determinants of real exchange rates. Authors of individual papers examine the relation between commercial policies and exchange rates, the role of exchange rate policy in stabilization programs, the effectiveness of devaluations as a policy tool, and the interaction between exchange rate terms of trade an capital flow. This research will not only prove crucial to our understanding of the role of exchange rates in developing countries, but will clearly set the standard for future work in the field.
• Titolo autorizzato: Economic adjustment and exchange rates in developing countries
• ISBN: 1-281-22331-X; 9786611223311; 0-226-18473-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451523203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)