Balance of payments theory and policy -- The foreign exchange market -- The balance of payments -- Elasticity and absorption approaches to the balance of payments -- Macroeconomic policy in an open economy -- The monetary approach to the balance of payments -- Exchange rate determination: theory, evidence and policy -- Purchasing power parity and floating exchange rate experience -- Modern models of exchange rate determination -- The portfolio balance model -- Empirical evidence on exchange rates -- Fixed, floating and managed exchange rates -- The post-war international monetary system -- The international monetary system -- The eurocurrency and eurobond markets -- Currency derivatives: futures, options and swaps -- International macroeconomic policy coordination -- The latin american debt crisis -- The european monetary system and European monetary union -- Currency crises and the East Asian financial crisis -- Financial innovation and the credit crunch.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work covers the major traditional and modern theories and empirical and applied topics in the field of international finance. It is an evaluation of empirical evidence of theories with extensive treatment of the most recent literature. It includes a new chapter on the Asian financial crisis.

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