This book examines the experience of the ASEAN countries in the post-Bretton Woods era - the period of generalized currency float. It outlines the major developments in the exchange rate policies of the ASEAN countries in the 1970s and analyses the movements of the effective exchange rates (both...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Peel’s economic-policy regime change in Britain during the early nineteenth century -- Chapter 3. The ideas and policies of the Banking School -- Chapter 4. The crises of 1825 and 1837 -- Chapter 5. The 1847 Crises -- Chapter 6. The 1857-58 crisis, etc.

This paper highlights that the EMU transition process itself can pose challenges to individual accession countries and draws policy implications for ERM II. Differences in financial market development and international liabilities underscore the risks and benefits of ERM II, and may lead to...