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1 online resource (498 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Business, Technology and Finance Ser.
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Business, technology and finance.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Exhibits -- List of Graphs -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 -- History of Monetary System -- 1. Introduction: History of Money -- 2. History of Currencies -- 2.1. Fixed Exchange Rate -- 2.1.1. Payments of Trade Account Deficits -- 2.1.2. Gold Standard before World War II -- 2.1.3. After the Bretton Woods -- 2.1.4. Special Drawing Rights -- 2.1.5. The Abandonment of the Gold Exchange Standard -- 2.1.6. The "Golden Age" of the Twentieth Century -- 2.2. Floating Exchange Rate -- 2.3. Eurodollars and Eurocurrencies |
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2.3.1. History of Euro-Currency Market -- 2.3.2. From the European Monetary System to the Economic and Monetary Union -- 2.3.3. The Latest Euro-Zone Debt Crisis -- 2.4. Modern Currency Regimes -- 2.4.1. Optimum Currency Area (OCA) -- 2.4.2. Thoughts for a New Financial System -- Summary -- Appendix -- Chapter 2 -- Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates -- 1. Measuring the Balance of Payments -- 1.1. Debits and Credits of the Accounts of the Balance of Payments -- 1.2. Composition of the Accounts of the Balance of Payments -- 1.3. International Imbalances between Countries |
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1.4. Balance of Payments Crises -- 2. Domestic Economy, Balance of Payments, and Public Policies -- 2.1. Factors Affecting the Current and Capital Accounts -- 2.2. Improving the Balance of Payments through Exchange Rates or Protectionism -- 2.3. Improving the Balance of Payments by Adjusting Domestic Prices and Demand -- 2.4. Interaction of the Balance of Payments with the Domestic Economy -- 2.5. Trade Balance and Exchange Rate (The J-Curve) -- 3. National Economies and Balance of Payments: Some Historical Perspectives -- 3.1. The Fixed Exchange Rate Era |
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3.2. The Flexible Exchange Rate Era up to the Global Financial Crisis -- 3.3. From the Post Washington Consensus to the Present -- Summary -- Appendix -- Chapter 3 -- The Foreign Exchange Market -- 1. Functions of the Foreign Exchange Market -- 2. Market Participants -- 2.1. Foreign Exchange Dealers and Brokers -- 2.2. Commercial Companies -- 2.3. Central Banks and Treasuries -- 2.4. Foreign Exchange Fixing -- 2.5. Hedge Funds, Speculators, Arbitragers, and Others -- 2.6. Investment Management Firms -- 2.7. Retail Foreign Exchange Traders -- 2.8. Non-Bank Foreign Exchange Companies |
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2.9. Money Transfer/Remittance Companies and Bureaux de Change -- 2.10. Individuals and Firms -- 3. Trading Characteristics -- 4. Transactions in the Foreign Exchange Market -- 4.1. Spot Transactions -- 4.2. Forward Transactions -- 4.3. Swap Transactions -- 4.4. Currency Futures -- 4.5. Foreign Currency Options -- 5. Speculation -- 6. Foreign Exchange Rate Quotations -- 6.1. Direct and Indirect Quotes -- 6.2. Bid and Ask Outright Quotations -- 6.3. Bid and Ask Points Quotations (Swap Rates) -- 6.4. Forward Quotations in Percentage Terms -- 6.4.1. Example of Points Quotations (Swap Rates) |
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6.5. Sources of Foreign Exchange Market Information |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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International finance.
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International finance. |
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Foreign exchange rates.
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Foreign exchange rates. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Kallianiotis, John N. Foreign Exchange Rates and International Finance. New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, ©2020 9781536165500 |
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9781536165517 (electronic book) |
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1536165514 (electronic book) |
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9781536165500 |
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