Currency competition and foreign exchange markets : the dollar, the yen, and the Euro / Philipp Hartmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartmann, Philipp, 1969-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Currency Competition is a major new study of international currencies which focuses on the role of the Euro, and provides accessible answers to the key questions facing policy-makers, business people and scholars. Philipp Hartmann is a leading economist whose work has been featured in publications including The Wall Street Journal.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 National and international money: a survey; 3 A theory of vehicle currencies; 4 Currency competition between the euro, the dollar and the yen; 5 Trading volumes and transaction costs: from the short run to the long run; 6 General conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-188) and index.

ISBN:

0-511-05116-6

0-511-15193-4

0-511-00891-0

OCLC:

49797148