More effort should be made to develop a framework for international monetary coordination, not only to maintain stable exchange rates among the U.S. dollar, the Japanese yen, and the euro, but to minimize the risk of currency and financial crises in emerging economies in East Asia and elsewhere

This paper examines the question of how to design an optimal and sustainable exchange rate regime in a world economy of two interdependent countries. It develops a Barro-Gordon type two-country model and compares noncooperative equilibria under different assumptions of monetary policy...

'Capital Market Refom in Asia' contains a selection of papers that capture the essence of capital market reform in the Asian region, including important lessons from the global financial crisis of 2007-2009

The Asian model of export-led growth served it well in the post-war period, but prolonged sluggish growth of the developed economies following the global financial crisis, together with growing inequality and rising environmental problems, point to the need for a new growth model. The purpose of...

Ch 1 Reform of the International Monetary System: Introduction and Overview (Masahiro Kawai, Peter J. Morgan) Part I International Monetary System Reforms Ch 2 International Monetary Reform: A Critical Appraisal of Some Proposals (Yung Chul Park, Charles Wyplosz) Part II Managing International...