The Economics of Common Currencies

Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field

Foreword. Introduction Part 1: The Economics of Fixed Exchange Rates 1. Two Arguments for Fixed Rates Comments 2. The Flexibility of the Gold-Exchange Standard and Its Limits 3. The Price-Specie-Flow Mechanism and the Gold Exchange Standard: Some Exploratory Empiricism Relating to the Endogeneity of Country Money Balances 4. The Dual Currency System Revisited Part 2: The Economics of Common Currency Areas 5. Some Early Views on Monetary Integration 6. The Theory of Optimum Regional Associations Economic Policies 9. A Plan for a European Currency Comment 10. The Impact of External Markets for National Currencies on Central Bank Reserves 11. Joint Balance: Capital Mobility and the Monetary system of a Currency Area 12. Optimum Currency Areas and Latin America Ae Part 3: The Economics of Flexible Exchange Rates 13. The US Balance of Payments: Freedom or Controls 14. Flexing the International Monetary System: The Case for Gliding Parities 15. Specific Proposal for Limited Exchange Rate Flexibility 16. Flexible Exchange Rates and Traded Goods Prices: The Role of Oligopoly Pricing in the Canadian Experience . 17. The Optimal Rate of Devaluation. Index