Too Sensational: On the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes (Ohlin Lectures)

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Most of the literature on exchange rate regimes has focused on the developed countries. Since the recent crises in emerging markets, however, attention has shifted to the choice of exchange rate regimes for developing countries, especially those that are more integrated into the world capital markets. In Too Sensational, W. Max Corden presents a systematic and accessible overview of the choice of exchange rate regimes. Reviewing many types of regimes, he shows how the choice of an exchange rate regime is related to both fiscal policy and trade policy.

Building on the theory of optimum currency areas, Corden develops an analytic framework of three approaches (nominal anchor, real targets, and exchange rate stability) and three polar exchange rate regimes (absolutely fixed, pure floating, and fixed but adjustable). He considers all other regimes to be mixtures of two or three of the polar regimes.

Beginning with theory and later turning to case studies of countries in Asia, Europe, and Latin America, Corden focuses on how economies react to negative and positive shocks under various exchange rate regimes. He examines in particular the Asian and Latin American currency crises of the 1990s. He concludes that although "too sensational" crises have discredited fixed but adjustable regimes, the extremes of absolutely fixed regimes or pure floating regimes need not be chosen.

To float or not to float.(Too Sensational on the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes by M. Max Corden )(Book Review): An article from: Finance & Development

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To float or not to float.(Too Sensational on the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes by M. Max Corden )(Book Review): An article from: Finance & Development
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Title: To float or not to float.(Too Sensational on the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes by M. Max Corden )(Book Review)
Author: Jaewoo Lee
Publication: Finance & Development (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2003
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Volume: 40 Issue: 3 Page: 53(1)

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Too Sensational: On the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes [A book review from: Journal of International Economics]

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Too Sensational: On the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes [A book review from: Journal of International Economics]
R. Rigobon
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Too Sensational: On the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes.(Book Review): An article from: Southern Economic Journal

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Too Sensational: On the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes.(Book Review): An article from: Southern Economic Journal
Edward Tower
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ASIN: B0008EETW8
Release Date: 2006-02-10

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Title: Too Sensational: On the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes.(Book Review)
Author: Edward Tower
Publication: Southern Economic Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2003
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Volume: 70 Issue: 2 Page: 435(3)

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Left Me Feeling Unclean (But I couldn't put it down).......2006-04-07

Authors Byrnes and Marquart attended elite law schools (Stanford and Harvard) on opposite coasts, coming to law school via individual paths and with their own agendas, but had similar goals: to get through law school while still living their own lives and not getting sucked into the crazy competition machine.

It's definitely interesting and readable--I read it all in a gulp--but disturbing. I like that they basically figured out how to slack their way through law school, and two of the schools most loved/feared for their "toughness" at that. The idea of taking on grad school on one's own terms and using it for one's own ends is appealing to this grad school dropout. However, what the ends were for both-massive drug use, credit-fueled traveling and compulsive gambling-along with a lot of smirking made me end up not liking either narrator all that much, even though I couldn't stop reading the book. I couldn't the chance to gape at their messy crazy lives even though I was sure that if I had known either of them at the time I would have thought they were dangerous jerks.

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