International Finance and Currency Markets

  1. The International Monetary System
    1. Historical Overview
      1. The Gold Standard
        1. Mechanisms and Rules
          1. Collapse of the Gold Standard
          2. The Interwar Period
            1. Exchange Rate Instability
              1. Competitive Devaluations
              2. The Bretton Woods System
                1. Fixed Exchange Rates to the US Dollar
                  1. Role of the IMF and World Bank
                    1. Collapse of Bretton Woods
                    2. The Post-Bretton Woods Era
                      1. Floating Exchange Rates
                        1. Evolution of the Current System
                      2. The European Monetary System
                        1. Development of the European Monetary Union
                          1. The Euro
                            1. Introduction and Adoption
                              1. Eurozone Membership Criteria
                              2. The European Central Bank
                                1. Structure and Functions
                                  1. Monetary Policy in the Eurozone
                                2. Currency Crises and Systemic Risk
                                  1. Causes of Currency Crises
                                    1. Contagion Effects
                                      1. Policy Responses
                                      2. The Impossible Trinity
                                        1. Exchange Rate Stability
                                          1. Monetary Policy Independence
                                            1. Capital Mobility

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                                          4. Exchange Rate Determination and Forecasting

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                                          6. Foreign Exchange Risk Management