The currency game : exchange rate politics in Latin America / Jeffry Frieden and Ernesto Stein, editors.

Other author Frieden, Jeffry A.
Other author Stein, Ernesto.
Other author Inter-American Development Bank.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press for the Inter-American Development Bank, 2001.
Descriptionvii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Exchange rate politics in Latin America
Contents The political economy of exchange rate policy in Latin America : an analytical overview / Jeffry Frieden and Ernesto Stein -- Politics and exchange rates : a cross-country approach / Jeffry Frieden, Piero Ghezzi and Ernesto Stein -- From redistribution to stability : the evolution of exchange rate policies in Argentina, 1950-98 / Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla and Hector E. Schamis -- The dilemma of inflation vs. balance of payments : crawling pegs in Brazil, 1964-98 / Marco Bonomo and Maria Cristina T. Terra -- Something for everyone : Chilean exchange rate policy since 1960 / José De Gregorio -- A long-lasting crawling peg : political determinants of exchange rate policy in Columbia / Juan C. Jaramillo, Roberto Steiner and Natalia Salazar -- Exchange rates and interest groups in Peru, 1950-1996 / Alberto Pascó-Font and Piero Ghezzi.
Abstract "Written by a distinguised group of economists and political scientists from around the hemisphere, the essays in this book include analytical perspectives, a cross-national statistical study, and a series of detailed country studies ... [and bring an] important new theoretical insights and epmpirical evidence to that debate in order to best address a policy issue critical to the future of Latin American development"--Preface.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2001131396
ISBN1886938873

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Joyner General Stacks HG3915.5 .C87 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold