International monetary co-operation 1945-52

International monetary co-operation 1945-52 / Brian Tew.

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 perio...

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Main Author: Tew, Brian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2003.
Series:Routledge library editions. Economics series.
Subjects:
International Monetary Fund > History.
European Payments Union > History.
European Payments Union
International Monetary Fund
Monetary policy > History.
Monetary policy > International cooperation.
International finance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
International finance
Monetary policy
Monetary policy > International cooperation
History
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Table of 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.
  • 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.).
  • 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.
  • 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.

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