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The Rules of the Game

International Money and Exchange Rates

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

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The Rules of the Game

International Money and Exchange Rates

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

The Rules of the Game brings together essays written over the course of thirty years by a major figure in the field. McKinnon analyzes and compares a wide variety of important international monetary regimes: the establishment of the gold standard in the nineteenth century, Bretton Woods, the dollar standard, floating exchange rates, the European Monetary System, and current proposals for reforming world monetary arrangements. The essays are unique in that they specify precisely the rules of the game for each international monetary regime - past, present, and future. For ease of reference, the book offers boxed summaries of each set of rules and then discusses their advantages and disadvantages, from the gold standard down to the author's proposal for a common monetary standard for the twenty-first century.

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MIT Press

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0262133180

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9780262133180

Money and Capital in Economic Development

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

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Money and Capital in Economic Development

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

This books presents a theory of economic development very different from the "stages of growth" hypothesis or strategies emphasizing foreign aid, trade, or regional association. Leaving these aside, the author breaks new ground by focusing on the use of domestic capital markets to stimulate economic performance. He suggests a "bootstrap" approach in which successful development would depend largely on policy choices made by national authorities in the developing countries themselves. Central to his theory is the freeing of domestic financial markets to allow interest rates to reflect the true scarcity of capital in a developing economy. His analysis leads to a critique of prevailing monetary theory and to a new view of the relation between money and physical capital—a view with policy implications for governments striving to overcome the vicious circle of inflation and stagnation. Examining the performance of South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, and other countries, the author suggests that their success or failure has depended primarily on steps taken in the monetary sector. He concludes that monetary reform should take precedence over other development measures, such as tariff and tax reform or the encouragement of foreign capital investment. In addition to challenging much of the conventional wisdom of development, the author's revision of accepted monetary theory may be relevant for mature economies that face monetary problems.

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204

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815718497

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9780815718499

Money in International Exchange

The Convertible Currency System

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

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Money in International Exchange

The Convertible Currency System

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

How do nations trade when no purely international money exists? This book describes how the use of national currencies, only some of which have the important international property of being convertible, allows most of world trade to be effectively monetized rather than bartered. Professor McKinnon's analysis represents the first attempt to focus on the microeconomic and monetary aspects of international exchange, and addresses unresolved problems in securing mutual monetary adjustment among the world's great trading economies.

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307

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New York : Oxford University Press

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0195024095

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9780195024098

The Order of Economic Liberalization

Financial Control in the Transition to a Market Economy

By: Ronald I. Mckinnon

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The Order of Economic Liberalization

Financial Control in the Transition to a Market Economy

By: Ronald I. Mckinnon

Can knowledge of financial policies in developing countries over four decades help the socialist economies of Asia and Eastern Europe become open market economies in the 1990s? In all these countries the loss of fiscal and monetary control has often resulted in high inflation that undermines the liberalization process itself. In the second edition of The Order of Economic Liberalization, Ronald McKinnon builds on his influential work on the liberalization of financial markets in less developed countries and outlines the progression necessary to move from a "repressed" to an open economy. New to this edition are chapters that contrast the gradual Chinese approach to liberalizing domestic and foreign trade with the "big bang" approach followed by some Eastern European countries and republics of the former Soviet Union. Financial control and macroeconomic stability, McKinnon argues, are more critical to a successful transition than is any crash program to privatize state-owned industrial assets and the banking system.

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JHU Press

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0801847435

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9780801847431

Exchange Rates Under the East Asian Dollar Standard

Living with Conflicted Virtue

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

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Exchange Rates Under the East Asian Dollar Standard

Living with Conflicted Virtue

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

The policy dilemmas inherent in using the US dollar as the key currency for stabilizing exchange rates in East Asia.

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300

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MIT Press

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0262134519

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9780262134514

The Unloved Dollar Standard

From Bretton Woods to the Rise of China

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

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The Unloved Dollar Standard

From Bretton Woods to the Rise of China

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

Th world dollar standard greatly facilitates international exchange. Since the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1945, the dollar has been the key currency for clearing international payments among banks, including government interventions to set exchange rates. IT is the dominant currency for invoicing trade in primary commodities and official exchange reserves.

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Oxford University Press

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0199937001

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9780199937004

Dollar and Yen

Resolving Economic Conflict Between the United States and Japan

By: Ronald I. McKinnon,Kenichi Ohno

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Dollar and Yen

Resolving Economic Conflict Between the United States and Japan

By: Ronald I. McKinnon,Kenichi Ohno

Dollar and Yen analyzes the friction between the United States and Japan from the viewpoint of exchange rate economics. From the mid-1950s to the early 1990s, Japan grew faster than any other major industrial economy, displacing the United States in dominance of worldwide manufacturing markets. In the 1970s and 1980s, many books appeared linking the apparent decline of the United States in the world economy to unfair Japanese practices that closed the Japanese market to a wide range of foreign goods. Dollar and Yen analyzes the friction between the United States and Japan from the viewpoint of exchange rate economics. The authors argue against the prevailing view that the trade imbalance should be corrected by dollar depreciation, saying that adjustment through the exchange rate is both ineffective and costly. Stepping outside the traditional dichotomy between international trade and international finance, they link the yen's tremendous appreciation from 1971 to mid-1995 to mercantile pressure from the United States arising from trade tensions between the two countries. Although sometimes resisted by the Bank of Japan, this yen appreciation nevertheless forced unwanted deflation on the Japanese economy after 1985--resulting in two major recessions (endaka fukyos). The authors argue for relaxing commercial tensions between the two countries, and for limiting future economic downturns, by combining a commercial compact for mutual trade liberalization with a monetary accord for stabilizing the yen-dollar exchange rate.

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MIT Press

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0262133350

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9780262133357

Secrets of Becoming a Priority Patient

Keys to Becoming an 'Insider' in the Health Care System

By: Ronald S. Baigrie,Colleen McKinnon

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Secrets of Becoming a Priority Patient

Keys to Becoming an 'Insider' in the Health Care System

By: Ronald S. Baigrie,Colleen McKinnon

An empowering book designed to create Priority Patients who will not only survive, but who will master the currently fragmented Canadian health care system. It will help them transform their doctor/patient relationships into partnerships. This book includes many step-by-step instructions and lists, as well as a bonus section designed to help patients create their own health care diary. SEL000000

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Sudbury, Ont. : Medical School for Patients

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0973222603

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9780973222609

Money and Capital in Economic Development

By: Ronald I. McKinnon,William D Eberle Professor of International Economics Ronald I McKinnon

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Money and Capital in Economic Development

By: Ronald I. McKinnon,William D Eberle Professor of International Economics Ronald I McKinnon

Describes and criticizes the repressive monetary policies that have hindered the economic growth of underdeveloped nations

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815756135

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9780815756132

The Order of Economic Liberalization

Financial Control in the Transition to a Market Economy

By: Ronald I. Mckinnon

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Financial Control in the Transition to a Market Economy

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The Rules of the Game

International Money and Exchange Rates

By: Ronald I. McKinnon

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International Money and Exchange Rates

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Book's by Ronald I. Mc Kinnon

The Rules of the Game

The Rules of the Game

Money and Capital in Economic Development

Money and Capital in Economic Development

Money in International Exchange

Money in International Exchange

The Order of Economic Liberalization

The Order of Economic Liberalization

Exchange Rates Under the East Asian Dollar Standard

Exchange Rates Under the East Asian Dollar Standard

The Unloved Dollar Standard

The Unloved Dollar Standard

Dollar and Yen

Dollar and Yen

Secrets of Becoming a Priority Patient

Secrets of Becoming a Priority Patient

Money and Capital in Economic Development

Money and Capital in Economic Development

The Order of Economic Liberalization

The Order of Economic Liberalization

The Rules of the Game

The Rules of the Game

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