The book examines in depth, the centrality of the Saudi fixed currency regime to the US dollar, SAMA's monetary tools, macro prudential policies and its supervision of the Saudi commercial banking sector and new sectors such as insurance, the emerging Fin Tech industry as well as a closer...

This book provides an empirical analysis of economic and political structures impacting the CFA franc zone. Concise and practical chapters explore the history of the CFA franc zone, challenges to development, geopolitical issues, the importance of flexible exchanges rates, growth trends, and the...

Paul-Günther Schmidt: Internationale Währungspolitik im sozialistischen Staat. Theoretische Grundlegung und empirische Überprüfung am Beispiel der DDR. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart/New York 1985, 447 Seiten, 48 DM

In this paper, we present stylized facts of exchange rate and intervention behavior in the Exchange Rate Mechanism I (ERM I), in particular in light of the recent literature on multilateral target zone models. We estimate bilateral exchange rate distributions of the maximum spot rate deviations...