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The Currency Game: Exchange Rate Politics in Latin America

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  • Stein, Ernesto H.
  • Salazar, Natalia
  • Steiner, Roberto
  • Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio
  • Bonomo, Marco
  • Jaramillo, Juan C.
  • Schamis, Hector E.
  • Pascó-Front, Alberto
  • Ghezzi, Piero
  • Terra, Maria Cristina
  • De Gregorio, José
  • Frieden, Jeffry

Abstract

This book analyzes the political economy of exchange rate policy in Latin America. It brings together the work of economists and political scientists interested in the interaction of economic and political factors in the development of exchange rate policy.

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  • Stein, Ernesto H. & Salazar, Natalia & Steiner, Roberto & Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio & Bonomo, Marco & Jaramillo, Juan C. & Schamis, Hector E. & Pascó-Front, Alberto & Ghezzi, Piero & Terra, Maria Cristina, 2001. "The Currency Game: Exchange Rate Politics in Latin America," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 391, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:idbbks:391
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    1. Guillermo A. Calvo & Leonardo Leiderman & Carmen M. Reinhart, 1993. "Capital Inflows and Real Exchange Rate Appreciation in Latin America: The Role of External Factors," IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 40(1), pages 108-151, March.
    2. Collins, Susan M., 1996. "On becoming more flexible: Exchange rate regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(1), pages 117-138, October.
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