Exchange Rates and Economic Policy in the 20th Century

Contents: Preface; Introduction, Ross E. Catterall; Exchange rate regimes and economic performance in the inter-war years, Derek H. Aldcroft; Exchange rate crises and the US financial markets during the 1930s, Scott Sumner; The political economy of money supply, exchange rate and inflation targets since Bretton Woods, Michael J. Oliver; European monetary union: does recent economic history in the UK suggest that exchange rates pose significant trade barriers?, Allan Webster; The cart before the horse?: Australian exchange rate policy and economic reform in the 1980s, Kieron Toner; Stabilisation and adjustment in Greece, 1990-99, Costas Karfakis; Riding the exchange rate roller-coaster: speculative currency markets and the durability of exchange rate regimes, Ross E. Catterall; The elusive case for flexible exchange rates, George Zis; Unilateral euroisation in transition countries: the case of southeastern Europe, Angelos Kotios; Index.