Author: Kai Stukenbrock
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9783631520314
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The 1990s saw a revival of the currency board system, and proponents have advocated it as an easy-to-set-up exchange rate arrangement providing effective stabilization of the economy. However, the experience of Argentina has highlighted the risks of having a currency board. This study presents both the potential benefits, as well as the risks, of having a currency board by examining the stability of the currency board arrangement and identifying factors affecting the stability. The analysis is based on second-generation currency crisis models, extended to incorporate currency-board specific features and to account for particular aspects often found in currency-board economies.
The Stability of Currency Boards
Author: Kai Stukenbrock
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9783631520314
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The 1990s saw a revival of the currency board system, and proponents have advocated it as an easy-to-set-up exchange rate arrangement providing effective stabilization of the economy. However, the experience of Argentina has highlighted the risks of having a currency board. This study presents both the potential benefits, as well as the risks, of having a currency board by examining the stability of the currency board arrangement and identifying factors affecting the stability. The analysis is based on second-generation currency crisis models, extended to incorporate currency-board specific features and to account for particular aspects often found in currency-board economies.
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9783631520314
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The 1990s saw a revival of the currency board system, and proponents have advocated it as an easy-to-set-up exchange rate arrangement providing effective stabilization of the economy. However, the experience of Argentina has highlighted the risks of having a currency board. This study presents both the potential benefits, as well as the risks, of having a currency board by examining the stability of the currency board arrangement and identifying factors affecting the stability. The analysis is based on second-generation currency crisis models, extended to incorporate currency-board specific features and to account for particular aspects often found in currency-board economies.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
Author: Robert W. Kolb
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1483381536
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 8802
Book Description
Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, Second Edition explores current topics, such as mass social media, cookies, and cyber-attacks, as well as traditional issues including accounting, discrimination, environmental concerns, and management. The new edition also includes an in-depth examination of current and recent ethical affairs, such as the dangerous work environments of off-shore factories for Western retailers, the negligence resulting in the 2010 BP oil spill, the gender wage gap, the minimum wage debate and increasing income disparity, and the unparalleled level of debt in the U.S. and other countries with the challenges it presents to many societies and the considerable impact on the ethics of intergenerational wealth transfers. Key Features Include: Seven volumes, available in both electronic and print formats, contain more than 1,200 signed entries by significant figures in the field Cross-references and suggestions for further readings to guide students to in-depth resources Thematic Reader's Guide groups related entries by general topics Index allows for thorough browse-and-search capabilities in the electronic edition
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1483381536
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 8802
Book Description
Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society, Second Edition explores current topics, such as mass social media, cookies, and cyber-attacks, as well as traditional issues including accounting, discrimination, environmental concerns, and management. The new edition also includes an in-depth examination of current and recent ethical affairs, such as the dangerous work environments of off-shore factories for Western retailers, the negligence resulting in the 2010 BP oil spill, the gender wage gap, the minimum wage debate and increasing income disparity, and the unparalleled level of debt in the U.S. and other countries with the challenges it presents to many societies and the considerable impact on the ethics of intergenerational wealth transfers. Key Features Include: Seven volumes, available in both electronic and print formats, contain more than 1,200 signed entries by significant figures in the field Cross-references and suggestions for further readings to guide students to in-depth resources Thematic Reader's Guide groups related entries by general topics Index allows for thorough browse-and-search capabilities in the electronic edition
One Currency for Bosnia
Author: Warren L. Coats
Publisher: Jameson Books (IL)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This is both a fascinating personal narrative of the often colorful warriors rebuilding a part of war-torn Yugoslavia, and a detailed inside look at how experts can stabilize a nation's currency and banking system. Written by an American who has led International Monetary Fund advisory missions to the central banks of more than twenty countries, this book, crafted in layman's language - but of immense value to specialists in monetary and foreign policy initiatives - is an account of the behind-the-headlines work American and other economists do to bring peace and prosperity to former failed states.Coats was involved in the creation of the Central Bank of Bosnia from before the Dayton Peace Accords. His "currency board" rules for monetary policy, and the creation of the bank, have resulted in the most successful state institution in the country.Marking the tenth anniversary of the bank, the technical world of economics comes alive as the book unfolds like a mystery novel full of colorful and determined people determined to escape the disaster of a bloody civil war.
Publisher: Jameson Books (IL)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This is both a fascinating personal narrative of the often colorful warriors rebuilding a part of war-torn Yugoslavia, and a detailed inside look at how experts can stabilize a nation's currency and banking system. Written by an American who has led International Monetary Fund advisory missions to the central banks of more than twenty countries, this book, crafted in layman's language - but of immense value to specialists in monetary and foreign policy initiatives - is an account of the behind-the-headlines work American and other economists do to bring peace and prosperity to former failed states.Coats was involved in the creation of the Central Bank of Bosnia from before the Dayton Peace Accords. His "currency board" rules for monetary policy, and the creation of the bank, have resulted in the most successful state institution in the country.Marking the tenth anniversary of the bank, the technical world of economics comes alive as the book unfolds like a mystery novel full of colorful and determined people determined to escape the disaster of a bloody civil war.
The Federal Reserve System Purposes and Functions
Author: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780894991967
Category : Banks and Banking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides an in-depth overview of the Federal Reserve System, including information about monetary policy and the economy, the Federal Reserve in the international sphere, supervision and regulation, consumer and community affairs and services offered by Reserve Banks. Contains several appendixes, including a brief explanation of Federal Reserve regulations, a glossary of terms, and a list of additional publications.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780894991967
Category : Banks and Banking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides an in-depth overview of the Federal Reserve System, including information about monetary policy and the economy, the Federal Reserve in the international sphere, supervision and regulation, consumer and community affairs and services offered by Reserve Banks. Contains several appendixes, including a brief explanation of Federal Reserve regulations, a glossary of terms, and a list of additional publications.
Russian Currency and Finance
Author: Steve H. Hanke
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415096510
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
As the new Russian state struggles with the transition to a market economy, the need for radical monetary reform becomes increasingly urgent. The choice of reform is crucial, for it will largely determine Russia's future economic performance. In order to break free of the lingering effects of Soviet central planning, the new Russian state needs a stable, convertible currency. Steve H. Hanke, Lars Jonung and Kurt Schuler propose that Russia establishes a currency board which would issue a Russian currency fully convertible with international currency, backed 100 per cent by international bonds. The international community would aid in establishing the currency board by providing the initial reserves. Early supplies of this new Russian currency would be distributed free to Russian citizens. The authors give detailed explanations of how the currency board could be established and how it would work.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415096510
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
As the new Russian state struggles with the transition to a market economy, the need for radical monetary reform becomes increasingly urgent. The choice of reform is crucial, for it will largely determine Russia's future economic performance. In order to break free of the lingering effects of Soviet central planning, the new Russian state needs a stable, convertible currency. Steve H. Hanke, Lars Jonung and Kurt Schuler propose that Russia establishes a currency board which would issue a Russian currency fully convertible with international currency, backed 100 per cent by international bonds. The international community would aid in establishing the currency board by providing the initial reserves. Early supplies of this new Russian currency would be distributed free to Russian citizens. The authors give detailed explanations of how the currency board could be established and how it would work.
Resilience, Dynamism, Trust
Author: Monetary Authority of Singapore
Publisher: Co-Published with World Scientific
ISBN: 9789811245244
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Foreword: A Perennial Goal: Coupling Prudence with Innovation (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); MAS Leaders; List of Abbreviations; Evolution of a Central Bank: Establishing the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Hon Sui Sen); Why a Currency Board? (Goh Keng Swee); Prudence, Stability, Confidence: The Fundamentals of Good Government and Sound Central Banking (Goh Chok Tong); Macroeconomic Policies in Singapore: Principles, Milestones and Future Prospects (Richard Hu); Credibility, Confidence, Dynamism: MAS in the New Economic and Financial Landscape (Lee Hsien Loong); MAS at Forty: Past Contributions, Future Challenges (Lee Hsien Loong); Building Credibility (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Monetary Policy and Reserve Management: How to Cope with Inflation with Particular Reference to Singapore (Michael Wong Pakshong); Which of the Monetary Aggregates Does MAS Watch? (Goh Keng Swee); Why a Strong Singapore Dollar? (Goh Keng Swee); Exchange Rate Policy: Philosophy and Conduct over the Past Decade (Teh Kok Peng and Tharman Shanmugaratnam); MAS Merges with Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (Lim Hng Kiang); Asian Monetary Integration: Will It Ever Happen? (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Getting in All the Cracks or Targeting the Cracks? Securing Financial Stability in the Post-Crisis Era (Ravi Menon); How Singapore Manages Its Reserves (Ravi Menon); Financial Regulation and Supervision: Supervision of a Regional Financial Centre (Michael Wong Pakshong); Regulation and Development of the General Insurance Industry (Law Song Keng); Strengthening the Framework for Banking Supervision (Goh Keng Swee); Recent Turbulence in the Stockbroking Industry and Lessons for Supervision (J Y Pillay); The Role of a Financial Futures Exchange (J Y Pillay); The Regulation and Development of Financial Markets (Richard Hu); Derivatives Trading and the Importance of Risk Management in Banks (Lee Ek Tieng); New Approach to Regulating and Developing Singapore's Financial Sector (Lee Hsien Loong); Financial Supervision in the New Millennium (Koh Yong Guan); Separation of Financial and Non-Financial Activities of Banking Groups (Lee Hsien Loong); Capital Markets in the New Economy (Lee Hsien Loong); Regulating the Capital Markets: Making Market Discipline Work (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Consolidation and Liberalisation: Building World-Class Banks (Lee Hsien Loong); Deposit Insurance and Managing the Liberalisation Process (Lim Hng Kiang); Best Practices in Insurance Regulation (Lee Hsien Loong); Sensible Rules, Effective Supervision, Industry Partnership (Heng Swee Keat); Singapore's Approach to the Regulation of Capital Markets (Ravi Menon); Ensuring Strong Anchors in Our Banking System (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Building a Culture of Trust in the Financial Industry (Ravi Menon); FinTech -- Harnessing its Power, Managing its Risks (Ravi Menon); Singapore's Financial Centre: Resilience, Dynamism, Trust (Ravi Menon); A Flexible Framework for the Regulation of Payment Systems and Payment Service Providers (Ong Ye Kung); Banking Liberalisation's Next Chapter: Digital Banks (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Financial Centre Development: Development of Singapore as a Financial Centre (Hon Sui Sen); Inauguration of the Institute of Banking and Finance (Hon Sui Sen); Fund Management in Singapore: New Directions (Lee Hsien Loong); Building a Premier Exchange (Lee Hsien Loong); The Future of the Financial Sector in Singapore -- Riding the Challenges, Emerging Stronger (Goh Chok Tong); Key Issues in Asian Financial Markets (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Singapore as a Global Insurance Marketplace (Ravi Menon); Building Capabilities for the Financial Sector of Tomorrow (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Positioning for a Technology Driven Future (Heng Swee Keat); Singapore FinTech: Innovation, Inclusion, Inspiration (Ravi Menon); Green Finance for a Sustainable World (Ong Ye Kung); Harnessing the Power of Finance for a Sustainable Future (Ravi Menon)
Publisher: Co-Published with World Scientific
ISBN: 9789811245244
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Foreword: A Perennial Goal: Coupling Prudence with Innovation (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); MAS Leaders; List of Abbreviations; Evolution of a Central Bank: Establishing the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Hon Sui Sen); Why a Currency Board? (Goh Keng Swee); Prudence, Stability, Confidence: The Fundamentals of Good Government and Sound Central Banking (Goh Chok Tong); Macroeconomic Policies in Singapore: Principles, Milestones and Future Prospects (Richard Hu); Credibility, Confidence, Dynamism: MAS in the New Economic and Financial Landscape (Lee Hsien Loong); MAS at Forty: Past Contributions, Future Challenges (Lee Hsien Loong); Building Credibility (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Monetary Policy and Reserve Management: How to Cope with Inflation with Particular Reference to Singapore (Michael Wong Pakshong); Which of the Monetary Aggregates Does MAS Watch? (Goh Keng Swee); Why a Strong Singapore Dollar? (Goh Keng Swee); Exchange Rate Policy: Philosophy and Conduct over the Past Decade (Teh Kok Peng and Tharman Shanmugaratnam); MAS Merges with Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (Lim Hng Kiang); Asian Monetary Integration: Will It Ever Happen? (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Getting in All the Cracks or Targeting the Cracks? Securing Financial Stability in the Post-Crisis Era (Ravi Menon); How Singapore Manages Its Reserves (Ravi Menon); Financial Regulation and Supervision: Supervision of a Regional Financial Centre (Michael Wong Pakshong); Regulation and Development of the General Insurance Industry (Law Song Keng); Strengthening the Framework for Banking Supervision (Goh Keng Swee); Recent Turbulence in the Stockbroking Industry and Lessons for Supervision (J Y Pillay); The Role of a Financial Futures Exchange (J Y Pillay); The Regulation and Development of Financial Markets (Richard Hu); Derivatives Trading and the Importance of Risk Management in Banks (Lee Ek Tieng); New Approach to Regulating and Developing Singapore's Financial Sector (Lee Hsien Loong); Financial Supervision in the New Millennium (Koh Yong Guan); Separation of Financial and Non-Financial Activities of Banking Groups (Lee Hsien Loong); Capital Markets in the New Economy (Lee Hsien Loong); Regulating the Capital Markets: Making Market Discipline Work (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Consolidation and Liberalisation: Building World-Class Banks (Lee Hsien Loong); Deposit Insurance and Managing the Liberalisation Process (Lim Hng Kiang); Best Practices in Insurance Regulation (Lee Hsien Loong); Sensible Rules, Effective Supervision, Industry Partnership (Heng Swee Keat); Singapore's Approach to the Regulation of Capital Markets (Ravi Menon); Ensuring Strong Anchors in Our Banking System (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Building a Culture of Trust in the Financial Industry (Ravi Menon); FinTech -- Harnessing its Power, Managing its Risks (Ravi Menon); Singapore's Financial Centre: Resilience, Dynamism, Trust (Ravi Menon); A Flexible Framework for the Regulation of Payment Systems and Payment Service Providers (Ong Ye Kung); Banking Liberalisation's Next Chapter: Digital Banks (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Financial Centre Development: Development of Singapore as a Financial Centre (Hon Sui Sen); Inauguration of the Institute of Banking and Finance (Hon Sui Sen); Fund Management in Singapore: New Directions (Lee Hsien Loong); Building a Premier Exchange (Lee Hsien Loong); The Future of the Financial Sector in Singapore -- Riding the Challenges, Emerging Stronger (Goh Chok Tong); Key Issues in Asian Financial Markets (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Singapore as a Global Insurance Marketplace (Ravi Menon); Building Capabilities for the Financial Sector of Tomorrow (Tharman Shanmugaratnam); Positioning for a Technology Driven Future (Heng Swee Keat); Singapore FinTech: Innovation, Inclusion, Inspiration (Ravi Menon); Green Finance for a Sustainable World (Ong Ye Kung); Harnessing the Power of Finance for a Sustainable Future (Ravi Menon)
International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Author: International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1484350162
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This update of the guidelines published in 2001 sets forth the underlying framework for the Reserves Data Template and provides operational advice for its use. The updated version also includes three new appendices aimed at assisting member countries in reporting the required data.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1484350162
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This update of the guidelines published in 2001 sets forth the underlying framework for the Reserves Data Template and provides operational advice for its use. The updated version also includes three new appendices aimed at assisting member countries in reporting the required data.
Straining at the Anchor
Author: Gerardo della Paolera
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226645584
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The "Argentine disappointment"—why Argentina persistently failed to achieve sustained economic stability during the twentieth century—is an issue that has mystified scholars for decades. In Straining the Anchor, Gerardo della Paolera and Alan M. Taylor provide many of the missing links that help explain this important historical episode. Written chronologically, this book follows the various fluctuations of the Argentine economy from its postrevolutionary volatility to a period of unprecedented prosperity to a dramatic decline from which the country has never fully recovered. The authors examine in depth the solutions that Argentina has tried to implement such as the Caja de Conversión, the nation's first currency board which favored a strict gold-standard monetary regime, the forerunner of the convertibility plan the nation has recently adopted. With many countries now using—or seriously contemplating—monetary arrangements similar to Argentina's, this important and persuasive study maps out one of history's most interesting monetary experiments to show what works and what doesn't.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226645584
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The "Argentine disappointment"—why Argentina persistently failed to achieve sustained economic stability during the twentieth century—is an issue that has mystified scholars for decades. In Straining the Anchor, Gerardo della Paolera and Alan M. Taylor provide many of the missing links that help explain this important historical episode. Written chronologically, this book follows the various fluctuations of the Argentine economy from its postrevolutionary volatility to a period of unprecedented prosperity to a dramatic decline from which the country has never fully recovered. The authors examine in depth the solutions that Argentina has tried to implement such as the Caja de Conversión, the nation's first currency board which favored a strict gold-standard monetary regime, the forerunner of the convertibility plan the nation has recently adopted. With many countries now using—or seriously contemplating—monetary arrangements similar to Argentina's, this important and persuasive study maps out one of history's most interesting monetary experiments to show what works and what doesn't.
Hong Kong's Money
Author: Tony Latter
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622098762
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Since 1983 Hong Kong has pegged its currency to the US dollar through a currency board system that is unique among the world's advanced economies. In this first comprehensive book about Hong Kong's monetary system, Tony Latter draws on his considerable experience in central banking generally, and with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in particular, to give a detailed account of how the system operates; why it was introduced; what are the important differences from other monetary regimes; and how it has performed. After a brief overview of Hong Kong's currency board system, two chapters explain the key features of mainstream monetary policy as practised in most economies and how the currency board differs. Then three chapters deal with the history of money in Hong Kong from the mid-1930s, describing the salient events and changes of the period up to the 1983 crisis and the consequent re-adoption of the currency board. Descriptions of the functioning of the system after 1983 and its evolution to the present day then follow. The book concludes with assessments of the performance of the currency board since 1983 and of the Hong Kong economy more widely. This book is designed both to inform lay readers and to provide substance for monetary economists. Given the key role of monetary policy in providing a stable foundation for a strong economy, the book is of importance for all business people in Hong Kong, while the more analytical sections provide essential reading for all students of economics.
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9622098762
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Since 1983 Hong Kong has pegged its currency to the US dollar through a currency board system that is unique among the world's advanced economies. In this first comprehensive book about Hong Kong's monetary system, Tony Latter draws on his considerable experience in central banking generally, and with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in particular, to give a detailed account of how the system operates; why it was introduced; what are the important differences from other monetary regimes; and how it has performed. After a brief overview of Hong Kong's currency board system, two chapters explain the key features of mainstream monetary policy as practised in most economies and how the currency board differs. Then three chapters deal with the history of money in Hong Kong from the mid-1930s, describing the salient events and changes of the period up to the 1983 crisis and the consequent re-adoption of the currency board. Descriptions of the functioning of the system after 1983 and its evolution to the present day then follow. The book concludes with assessments of the performance of the currency board since 1983 and of the Hong Kong economy more widely. This book is designed both to inform lay readers and to provide substance for monetary economists. Given the key role of monetary policy in providing a stable foundation for a strong economy, the book is of importance for all business people in Hong Kong, while the more analytical sections provide essential reading for all students of economics.
Principles of International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics
Author: Cristina Terra
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128025387
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Principles of International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics: Theories, Applications, and Policies presents a macroeconomic framework for understanding and analyzing the global economy from the perspectives of emerging economies and developing countries. Unlike most macroeconomic textbooks, which typically emphasize issues about developed countries while downplaying issues related to developing countries, this book emphasizes problems in emerging economies, including those in Latin American countries. It also explains recent developments in international finance that are essential to a thorough understanding of the effects and implications of the recent financial crisis. - Concentrates on developing country perspectives on International Finance and the Economy, including those in Latin American countries - Provides case studies and publicly available data allowing readers to explore theories and their applications - Explains recent developments in international finance that are essential to a thorough understanding of the effects and implications of the recent financial crisis - Proposes a unified mathematical model accessible to those with basic mathematical skills
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128025387
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Principles of International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics: Theories, Applications, and Policies presents a macroeconomic framework for understanding and analyzing the global economy from the perspectives of emerging economies and developing countries. Unlike most macroeconomic textbooks, which typically emphasize issues about developed countries while downplaying issues related to developing countries, this book emphasizes problems in emerging economies, including those in Latin American countries. It also explains recent developments in international finance that are essential to a thorough understanding of the effects and implications of the recent financial crisis. - Concentrates on developing country perspectives on International Finance and the Economy, including those in Latin American countries - Provides case studies and publicly available data allowing readers to explore theories and their applications - Explains recent developments in international finance that are essential to a thorough understanding of the effects and implications of the recent financial crisis - Proposes a unified mathematical model accessible to those with basic mathematical skills