Prospects for monetary cooperation and integration in East Asia / Ulrich Volz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volz, Ulrich, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monetary unions--East Asia.

Monetary unions.

East Asia--Economic integration.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Ulrich Volz investigates the prospects for monetary cooperation and integration in East Asia, using state-of-the-art theoretical and empirical tools to analyze the most promising policy options.

Contents:

Introduction

The forces behind monetary cooperation and integration

The instability of the international monetary system and the regionalization of money

The Asian financial crisis

The rise of China

Costs and benefits of monetary integration

The standard approach : the theory of optimum currency areas

A reconsideration of costs and benefits

Strategies for monetary integration in East Asia

Current monetary arrangements in East Asia

Exchange rate options for East Asia

Inflation targeting across the region

A regional exchange rate system for East Asia? : lessons of the European monetary system

Basket strategies for East Asia

Reflections on monetary integration in East Asia : past, present, and future.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-26568-0

1-282-63825-4

9786612638251

0-262-26598-2

OCLC:

646068762