Regional integration in Europe and Latin America : monetary and financial aspects / edited by Pierre Van der Haegen and José Viñals.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haegen, Pierre L. van der (Pierre Louis)

Viñals, José, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative economics--Congresses.

Comparative economics.

Europe--Economic integration--Congresses.

Europe.

Latin America--Economic integration--Congresses.

Latin America.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xviii, 515 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]

Contents:

European and Latin American Experiences in Regional Integration / Pierre van der Haegen, Jose Vinals 3

Part I Regional Integration and Monetary Cooperation

1 The Quest for Nominal and Real Convergence through Integration in Europe and Latin America / Enrique Alberola, Ana Buisan, Santiago Fernandez de Lis 25

2 Latin America's Integration Processes in the Light of the EU's Experience with EMU / Heliodoro Temprano Arroyo 65

3 What do Data Tell Us about the Viability of a Monetary Union in the Andean Community? Are the Costs Small? / Jose G. Pineda S., Ramon E. Pineda S. 131

4 Monetary Regimes and Mercosur / Aloisio Araujo, Marcia Leon 145

Part II Exchange Rate Strategies in Latin America

5 What Lessons for Latin America from European Institutional and Economic Integration? / Ettore Dorrucci, Stefano Firpo, Marcel Fratzscher, Francesco Paolo Mongelli 171

6 Fear of Floating or Fear of Inflation? The Role of the Exchange Rate Pass-Through / Armando Baqueiro, Alejandro Diaz de Leon, Alberto Torres 219

7 Sudden Stops and Exchange Rate Strategies in Latin America / Arturo Galindo, Alejandro Izquierdo 243

8 Exchange Rate Strategies for Emerging Economies: Lessons from the Chilean Experience / Pablo Garcia S. 275

9 Exchange Rate Regime and Monetary Policy Under an Economy with Partial Dollarization: The Case of Peru / Adrian Armas 311

Part III Financial Sector Structure

10 Latin American Financial Development in Perspective / Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Javier Santillan, Sonsoles Gallego, Lucia Cuadro, Carlos Egea 333

11 The Chilean Financial System: Evolution, Structure and Challenges / Jose M. Garrido, Claudio Gonzalez 397

12 Financial Reform, Crisis and Consolidation in Colombia / Jose Dario Uribe, Hernando Vargas 419

13 Financial Liberalization, Crisis and National Currency Destruction in Ecuador / Pedro Paez Perez 447

Participants in the Seminar of the Eurosystem and Latin American Central Banks 501.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754639975

OCLC:

52623543