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The Changing Environment of International Financial Markets: Introduction

In: The Changing Environment of International Financial Markets

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  • Dilip K. Ghosh

    (Suffolk University)

  • Edgar Ortiz

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

Abstract

The post-World War II era covering almost half a century has been continuously witnessing dramatic changes in the landscape of international finance as it relates to market structures, financial institutions and instruments. Since the conclusion of the Bretton Woods Conference with the inception of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD or popularly known as the World Bank), the world has seen various developments in trade structures, investment designs, and the integration process. We have observed the emergence of the General Agreement to Borrow (GAB), test-tube monetary units or scrip currencies such as Special Drawing Rights (SDR), European Unit of Account (EUA), which later has become what is known now as the European Currency Unit (ECU), stability (or lack thereof) in foreign exchange markets, different currency alignments under Eurosnakes and supersnakes, FECOM (the French initial for European Monetary Cooperation Fund), European Monetary System (EMS), and other regional monetary blocs. The world has become a global village; communication networks and the technological pace of progress have integrated international capital markets.

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  • Dilip K. Ghosh & Edgar Ortiz, 1994. "The Changing Environment of International Financial Markets: Introduction," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Dilip K. Ghosh & Edgar Ortiz (ed.), The Changing Environment of International Financial Markets, chapter 1, pages 3-22, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-23161-4_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-23161-4_1
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