This book evaluates the economic effect of monetary policies and exchange rate arrangements within Latin America. Using theoretical and empirical studies, the text examines pertinent issues in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil, including the role of currency board, inflation targeting and international prudential regulation in banking crisis reduction.
Economic and Financial Developments in Latin America
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List of Figures, Tables and Appendices Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; S.Motamen-Samadian Convertibility Law and its Role in Argentina's Economy; S.Motamen-Samadian International Prudential Regulation and the Prevention of Banking Crises in Latin America; A.Minda & S.Truquin From Financial Repression to Financial Regression: The Limits of the 'Tyrannical Auctioneer' and Monetary Policy; E.Ortiz Inflation Targeting and Exchange Rate Risk in Emerging Economies Subject to Structural Inflation; G.Mántey Credible Commitments and the Relevance of State Capacity: Mexico's Foreign Direct Investment under the NAFTA; A.A.Gonzalez The Determinants of the Disappearance of Mexican Banks; C.Hernandez-Rodriguez Corporate Foreign Vulnerability, Corporate Financial Policies and the Exchange Rate Regime: Evidence from Brazil; J.L.Rossi Junior Index