Both before and after the Asian crisis, the dollar has been the dominant anchor and reserve currency in East Asia. Due to underdeveloped capital markets and the limited international role of their domestic currencies, the East Asian countries (except Japan) are likely to continue to stabilize...

Die jüngste Weltwirtschafts- und Finanzkrise hat die Gruppen der Euro-Skeptiker und Euro-Gegner nochmals kräftig durcheinander gewirbelt. Frühere strikte Euro-Gegner wie Dänemark und Island wollen neuerdings beitreten. Polen nach wie vor überzeugter Anhänger flexibler Wechselkurse ist dem...

Before and after the Asian crisis, the dollar has been the dominant anchor and reserve currency in East Asia. Due to underdeveloped capital markets and a very limited international role of the domestic currencies, the East Asian countries (except Japan) are likely to continue exchange rate...

The paper identifies based on the monetary overinvestment theories by Wicksell (1898), Mises (1912) and Hayek (1929) monetary policy mistakes in large industrial countries issuing international currencies. It its argued that a neglect towards monetary policy reform in a world dominated by...