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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      03 February 2010
      19 February 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511616525
      9780521633178
      9780521671798
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511616525
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.73kg, 374 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.483kg, 374 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Economics: General Interest, International Economics, Finance and Accountancy
      Series:
      Japan-US Center UFJ Bank Monographs on International Financial Markets
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    Subjects:
    Economics, Economics: General Interest, International Economics, Finance and Accountancy
    Series:
    Japan-US Center UFJ Bank Monographs on International Financial Markets
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    This book presents an economic survey of international capital mobility from the late nineteenth century to the present. The authors examine the theory and empirical evidence surrounding the fall and rise of integration in the world market. A discussion of institutional developments focuses on capital controls and the pursuit of macroeconomic policy objectives in shifting monetary regimes. The Great Depression emerges as the key turning point in recent history of international capital markets, and offers important insights for contemporary policy debates. Its principal legacy is that the return to a world of global capital is marked by great unevenness in outcomes regarding both risks and rewards of capital market integration. More than in the past, foreign investment flows largely from rich countries to other rich countries. Yet most financial crises afflict developing countries, with costs for everyone.

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    Overall, Global Capital Markets is an excellent study of the evolution of international capital markets since the classical gold standard period. This book is a must read for economists and economic historians with an interest in international economics. EH.NET

    "Maurice Obstfeld and Alan Taylor have written a wonderful book that raises the academic bar...it is a coherent and comprehensive assessment covering all the issues...In short, there is no book out there to challenge the GCM and it should remain the market leader for some time to come."
    Jeffrey G. Williamson, Journal of Economic Literature

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