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A Retrospective on the Bretton Woods…
A Retrospective on the Bretton Woods System: Lessons for International Monetary Reform
Michael D. Bordo
&
Barry Eichengreen
, editors
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Published Date
January 1993
Copyright
1993
ISBN
0-226-06587-1
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University of Chicago Press
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Table of Contents
Front matter, A Retrospective on the Bretton Woods System
Author(s):
Michael D. Bordo
&
Barry Eichengreen
Chapter 1:
The Bretton Woods International Monetary System: A Historical Overview
Author(s):
Michael D. Bordo
(p. 3-108)
Chapter 2:
Bretton Woods and Its Precursors: Rules versus Discretion in the History of International Monetary Regimes
Author(s):
Alberto Giovannini
(p. 109-154)
Chapter 3:
The Political Origins of Bretton Woods
Author(s):
G. John Ikenberry
(p. 155-198)
Chapter 4:
The Adjustment Mechanism
Author(s):
Maurice Obstfeld
(p. 201-268)
Chapter 5:
The Provision of Liquidity in the Bretton Woods System
Author(s):
Hans Genberg
&
Alexander Swoboda
(p. 269-316)
Chapter 6:
International Transmission under Bretton Woods
Author(s):
Alan C. Stockman
(p. 317-356)
Chapter 7:
The Role of International Organizations in the Bretton Woods System
Author(s):
Kathryn M.E. Dominguez
(p. 357-404)
Chapter 8:
Devaluation Controversies in the Developing Countries: Lessons from the Bretton Woods Era
Author(s):
Sebastian Edwards
&
Julio Santaella
(p. 405-460)
Chapter 9:
The Collapse of the Bretton Woods Fixed Exchange Rate System
Author(s):
Peter M. Garber
(p. 461-494)
Chapter 10:
Panel Session I: Retrospectives
Author(s):
Michael Mussa, chair
,
Edward M. Bernstein
,
W. Max Corden
&
Robert Solomon
(p. 495-512)
Chapter 11:
Interest Differentials under Bretton Woods and the Post-Bretton Woods Float: The Effects of Capital Controls and Exchange Risk
Author(s):
Richard C. Marston
(p. 515-546)
Chapter 12:
Attitudes toward Inflation and the Viability of Fixed Exchange Rates: Evidence from the EMS
Author(s):
Susan M. Collins
&
Francesco Giavazzi
(p. 547-586)
Chapter 13:
Panel Session II: Implications for International Monetary Reform
Author(s):
Barry Eichengreen
,
C. Fred Bergsten
&
Stanley Fischer
(p. 587-618)
Chapter 14:
Epilogue: Three Perspectives on the Bretton Woods System
Author(s):
Barry Eichengreen
(p. 621-658)
List of Contributors, Indexes
Author(s):
Michael D. Bordo
&
Barry Eichengreen
(p. 659-676)
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