| Description |
1 online resource (184 pages) |
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Routledge library editions. The economics series |
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Routledge library editions. Economics series
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF TABLES; KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS USED; PREFACE; PART ONE FIRST PRINCIPLES; Chapter I. INTER-COUNTY PAYMENTS; The Problem of External Liquidity; The Problem of External Disequilibrium; The Problem of the Transmission of Business Depressions; Conclusion; Chapter II. EXCHANGE RATES; Chapter III. INTERNATIONAL LIQUIDITY; The Means of International Settlement; Multilateral Settlement in Conditions of Equilibrium; Multilateral Settlement in Conditions of Disequilibrium |
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The Scope for International Co-operationChapter IV. INTERNATIONAL DISEQUILIBRIA; Devaluation in Favourable Circumstances; Devaluation in Unfavourable Circumstances; Factors Affecting the Elasticity of Demand for Exports; Summary and Conclusions; The Concept of 'Suppressed Disequilibrium'; Chapter V. THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF DEPRESSIONS; PART TWO MACHINERY OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY CO-OPERATION; Chapter VI. THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND; The Objects of the Fund; Exchange Rates; Additional Liquidity; Multilateral Settlement; Chapter VII. THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (contd.) |
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Restrictions on Trade and PaymentsThe Treatment of Disequilibria; The International Transmission of Depressions; Conclusion; Chapter VIII. EUROPEAN MONETARY CO-OPERATION; The Intra-European Payments Schemes; The European Payments Union-Liquidity Provisions; The E.P.U.-Correction of Disequilibria; Chapter IX. STERLING; Sterling under the Gold Standard; The Pre-war Sterling Area; War Time; Post-war Changes; The Pathology of Sterling; PART THREE THE COURSE OF EVENTS SINCE THE WAR; Chapter X. BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1949; Exchange Rates; The Causes of the Post-war Disequilibria |
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Suppressed and Open Disequilibria in the Post-war PeriodInternational Settlements in the Post-war Period; The International Transmission of Depressions; Chapter XI. SEPTEMBER 1949 AND AFTER; READING LIST; INDEX |
| Summary |
Attempts to establish an international economic and financial order where a key feature of the settlement which followed the Second World War, as policy makers sought to establish a framework which would prevent an economic crisis on the scale of the great depression. This volume explores this period, focusing on monetary issues. Part 1 provides a general analysis of the scope for international monetary co-operation dealing in particular with: * The Provision of additional means of international settlement * The arrangement of settlements on a multilateral basis * The orderly f |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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International Monetary Fund -- History
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European Payments Union -- History
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| SUBJECT |
European Payments Union fast |
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International Monetary Fund fast |
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Monetary policy -- History
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Monetary policy -- International cooperation
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International finance.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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International finance
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Monetary policy
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Monetary policy -- International cooperation
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136515620 |
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1136515623 |
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9781315016764 |
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1315016761 |
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9781136515767 |
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1136515763 |
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9781136515699 |
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1136515690 |
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9780415607414 |
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0415607418 |
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