This book describes and evaluates the literature on exchange rate economics. It provides a wide-ranging survey of the different theories that attempt to explain the behavior of exchange rates, and outlines the salient institutional characteristics of the modern foreign exchange market in the context of an evolving international monetary system. An important feature of the book is its emphasis throughout on the main policy issues relating to the stabilization of exchange rates. The level of exposition is relatively nontechnical, and will be intelligible to undergraduate students.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for students on millions of items. Learn more |
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
"This interesting volume provides a afirly comprehensive overview of advances in exchange rate economics in the two decades prior to its publication. it is very readable, relatively nontechnical, and of potential interest to students, research economists, and policy makers....Peter Isard has written an interesting and useful book. I particularly admired his presentation of new approaches to exchange rate modeling." Christian C.P. Wolff, Journal of Economic Literature
Book Description
Providing a wide-ranging survey of the different theories that attempt to explain the behavior of exchange rates, this text outlines the salient institutional characteristics of the modern foreign exchange market in the context of an evolving international monetary system.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A useful adictional tool for FX traders,
This review is from: Exchange Rate Economics (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature) (Paperback)
Beyond the technical analisys, the FX trader must understand the macro movers of a country exchange rate. The economic movers are very important on the medium-long term investing. This book help you to understand those indicators.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good book,
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Exchange Rate Economics (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature) (Paperback)
This book is easy to read for novice. It is concise and still very informative.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Exchange rate economics was revitalized in the early 1970s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
asset equilibrium models, international gold standard regime, policy objective function, realignment expectations, target zone framework, international policy cooperation, exchange market crisis, rational market participants, target zone literature, exchange rate behavior, national price levels, flexible exchange rate arrangements, capital inflows problem, exchange rate expectations, exchange rate dynamics, feedback trading, sterilized intervention, exchange rate models, fixed exchange rate arrangements, home output, feedback traders, concluding perspectives, international monetary regimes, exchange risk premium, valuation losses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Bretton Woods, International Monetary Fund, World War, United Kingdom, Bank of England, Group of Ten Deputies, Federal Reserve, New York, European Monetary System, Research Department, International Financial Statistics, Maastricht Treaty, Bank Rate, European Community, Hong Kong, Source Based, Soviet Union New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Exchange rate economics was revitalized in the early 1970s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
asset equilibrium models, international gold standard regime, policy objective function, realignment expectations, target zone framework, international policy cooperation, exchange market crisis, rational market participants, target zone literature, exchange rate behavior, national price levels, flexible exchange rate arrangements, capital inflows problem, exchange rate expectations, exchange rate dynamics, feedback trading, sterilized intervention, exchange rate models, fixed exchange rate arrangements, home output, feedback traders, concluding perspectives, international monetary regimes, exchange risk premium, valuation losses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Bretton Woods, International Monetary Fund, World War, United Kingdom, Bank of England, Group of Ten Deputies, Federal Reserve, New York, European Monetary System, Research Department, International Financial Statistics, Maastricht Treaty, Bank Rate, European Community, Hong Kong, Source Based, Soviet Union New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 76
books:
See all 76 books this book cites
54
books
cite this book:
See all 54 books citing this book
- International Economics (Foundations of Modern Economics) by Peter B. Kenen on 7 pages
- The International Monetary System by Peter B. Kenen on 4 pages
- International Macroeconomics by Emmanuel Pikoulakis on 4 pages
- Economic Policy 32 by Georges De Menil in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- World Economic Outlook: April 2002 : Recessions and Recoveries by International Monetary Fund on page 223, and Back Matter
See all 76 books this book cites
- The Microstructure Approach to Exchange Rates by Richard K. Lyons on page 21, and Back Matter
- International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Study Edition by Giancarlo Gandolfo on page 246, and page 247
- Exchange Rate Determination and Control by Giorgio Radaelli in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Balance of Payments Adjustment: Macro Facets of International Finance Revisited (Contributions in Economics and Economic History) by Augustine C. Arize on page 196, and Back Matter
- Equilibrium Exchange Rates (Recent Economic Thought) by Ronald MacDonald on page 343, and page 344
See all 54 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
