Using an inter-disciplinary and global approach this book examines the different roles gold played in the international economy from the late 19th century until today. It gives a complete and comprehensive overview of the many facets of the global gold market's organization from the extraction...

This book deals with the recent problems arising from the growth of financial globalization (i.e. the growing integration of capital markets across national borders), as reflected in the current global financial crisis, and the need to improve what has come to be known as the international...

Das Buch untersucht ausführlich Gold als eine spezielle Ware und als Geldmittel. Die Autorin illustriert dabei den über Jahrtausende andauernden, abwechslungsreichen und problematischen Aufstieg des Goldes zum weltweiten monetären Hauptmetall zu Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts, die anschließende...

This book argues for a new conceptual framework that analytically distinguishes between North-South monetary co-ordination, which involves an international key currency, and South-South arrangements between economies all marked by external indebtedness and the resulting macroeconomic...

This book breaks new ground in research on the RMB's offshore market by addressing the myths, hypes and realities surrounding the rise of the Chinese Yuan. It is the first book to address the rise of the Renminbi by focusing on the structural factors behind it and drawing on the global, regional...

This is the first book to collect academic studies examining issues related to the potential internationalization of the Renminbi. It considers policy implications, documents the rising regional importance of the Renminbi and discusses key issues in the increasing use of the Renminbi in...

Frank Rövekamp, Hanns Günther Hilpert: Currency Area East Asia – Cooperation or Confrontation? - Patrick Hess: China’s Financial System: Past Reforms, Future Ambitions and Current State -- Franz Waldenberger: Japan’s New Monetary Policy – Some Critical Questions -- Ulrich Volz: RMB...