The Exchange Rate System : Lessons of the Past and Options for the Future.

The last few years have witnessed a resurgence of calls for a re-examination, or perhaps even a reform, of the international monetary system. This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on that subject in three ways: 1 it suggests a set of criteria for evaluating alternative exchange rate systems;...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1984.
Series:Occasional Papers; Occasional Paper ; No. 1984/003
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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