The Politics Of Exchange Rates In Developing Countries

Download or read book The Politics of Exchange Rates in Developing Countries written by Ralph Setzer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-09-21 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the issue of exchange rate policymaking from a political economy perspective. It illustrates both theoretically and empirically how domestic political and institutional incentives shape exchange rate policies in developing countries. Empirical analysis is based on a panel survey of 47 countries and thereby provides insights on how political and institutional conditions typically affect exchange rate policy.