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The International Monetary System
Opening Case Argentina's Monetary Crisis
Introduction
The Gold Standard
Mechanics of the Gold Standard Strength of the Gold Standard The Period between the Wars, 1918-1939
The Breton Woods System
The Role of the IMF
The Role of the World Bank
The Collapse of the Fixed Exchange Rate System
The Floating Exchange Rate Regime
The Jamaica Agreement
Exchange Rates since 1973 Country Focus
The U.S. Dollar, Oil Prices, and Recycling Petrodollars
Fixed versus Floating Exchange Rates
The Case for Floating Exchange Rates
The Case for Fixed Exchange Rates
Who Is Right?
Exchange Rate Regimes in Practice
Pegged Exchange Rates
Currency Boards
Crisis Management by the IMF
Financial Crises in the Post-Bretton Woods Era Mexican Currency Crisis of 1995 The Asian Crisis Evaluating the IMF's Policy Prescriptions Country Focus
Turkey and the IMF
Implications for Managers
Currency Management
Business Strategy Management Focus
Airbus and the Euro
Corporate-Government Relations
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions
Research Task
Closing Case China's Managed Float |
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