Book Description:
An exchange rate is the current market price for which one currency can be exchanged for another. The spot exchange rate refers to the current exchange rate whereas the forward exchange rate refers to an exchange rate that is quoted and traded today but for delivery and payment on a specific future date. Exchange rates vary because of changes in the relative demand for different countries' goods and services and because national monetary and fiscal policies are inconsistent with each other. Differences in tax rates and in interest rates cause capital flows which affect a country's balance of payments and, consequently, its exchange rate. An overvalued exchange rate leads to a current account balance of payments deficit and bearish speculative capital movements; an undervalued exchange rate creates a current account surplus and an influx of capital. Volatile exchange rates and volatile interest rates coincide

This new book examines important issues in the field.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Imperfect Knowledge Expectations, Uncertainty Premia and Exchange Rate Dynamics;pp. 1-53
(Roman Frydman, Department of Economics, New York University, NY, Michael D. Goldberg, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH)

International Parity Relationships and a Nonstationary Real Exchange Rate: Germany Versus the US in the Post Bretton Woods Period;pp. 55-79
(Katarina Juselius, Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Ronald MacDonald, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow)

PPP and Black Market Exchange Rates (1939-1959): The Experience of the Spanish Peseta;pp. 81-108
(María Dolores Gadea-Rivas, Marcela Sabaté-Sort, José María Serrano-Sanz, University of Zaragoza, Spain)

Fixing the Exchange Rate for an International Financial Center: The Case of Hong Kong;pp. 109-128
(Shu-ki Tsang, Department of Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University)

Exchange Rate Flexibility and Real Adjustments in Emerging Market Economies;pp. 129-148
(José García Solanes, Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico, Facultad de Economía y Empresa
Universidad de Murcia, Murcia)

Long Run Real Exchange Rate Overvaluation: Evidence from Asia;pp. 149-161
(Stephen Y.L. Cheung, Vikas Kakkar, Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong)

Are there Non-Linearities in Real Exchange Rate Behavior? The Case of Less Developed Countries;pp. 163-176
(Mark J. Holmes, Department of Economics, University of Waikato, New Zealand)

Does the Time Inconsistency Problem make flexible Exchange Rates look worse than you think?;pp. 177-208
(Roc Armenter, Martin Bodenstein)

Trade Integration, Competition, and the Decline in Exchange-Rate Pass-Through;pp. 209-245
(Christopher Gust, Sylvain Leduc, Robert J. Vigfusson)

The Validity of Dual Exchange Rate Target Zones;pp. 247-265
(Chung-rou Fang, Department of Economics, National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan)

Index