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Whether a theoretical system is realistic or not has been a concern in economics, particularly in monetary theory, over the past century. Following John R. Hicks' proposal that a realistic monetary theory could be constructed along an evolutionary path, starting with the workings of a real market, this volume considers whether we can look to the medieval economy as the point of departure. Drawing upon the work of Aristotle, scholastic economists, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Léon Walras and many modern monetary theorists, this intriguing book provides a critical analysis of some basic theories of monetary analysis. Concentrating primarily on certain fundamental building blocks it covers: the theory and mathematical properties of barter and monetary relations the distinction between barter and monetary relations and money and non-money commodities the concept of exchange as an equation, and the notion of the exchange relation as a relation of equality. This groundbreaking study dispels some of the old myths and conjectures concerning money and exchange and opens up the way for the development of new approaches, both realistic and evolutionary, of interest to researchers and students of the history of monetary theory and economic thought.

Hauptbeschreibung: Das vorliegende Buch betrachtet die Grundlagen eines der populärsten und erfolgreichsten Investmentinstrumente der letzten Jahre, um zu einer ganzheitlichen Bewertung von Exchange Traded Funds zu gelangen.Im ersten Teil werden die entscheidenden theoretischen Grundlagen der passiven Anlagestrategie dargestellt sowie eine Begriffsbestimmung, Klassifizierung und Abgrenzung zu anderen Anlageinstrumenten vorgenommen. Ausgehend von den Harmonisierungsbestrebungen innerhalb der EU erfolgt anschließend die Darstellung der rechtlichen Ausgestaltung. Die Analyse der verschiedenen Repli

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- WAYS IN TO THE TEXT -- Who Is Alfred W. Crosby? -- What Does The Columbian Exchange Say? -- Why Does The Columbian Exchange Matter? -- SECTION 1: INFLUENCES -- Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context -- Module 2: Academic Context -- Module 3: The Problem -- Module 4: The Author's Contribution -- SECTION 2: IDEAS -- Module 5: Main Ideas -- Module 6: Secondary Ideas -- Module 7:Achievement -- Module 8: Place in the Author's Work -- SECTION 3: IMPACT -- Module 9: The First Responses -- Module 10: The Evolving Debate -- Module 11: Impact and Influence Today -- Module 12:Where Next? -- Glossary of Terms -- People Mentioned in the Text -- Works Cited

Cover -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Theoretical background -- III. The Evolution of Exchange Rates in Fiji and Samoa -- IV. Measuring the Real Exchange Rates in Fiji and Samoa -- A. Conceptual Issues -- B. Alternative Aggregate Real Effective Exchange Rate Measures -- C. Bilateral Real Exchange Rate Measures -- V. Assessing Price Competitiveness at the Sectoral Level -- A. Measuring Fiji's and Samoa's Price Competitiveness in the Tourism Industry -- B. Estimating an Export Demand Function for Fiji's Tourism Industry -- C. Trade Balance Response to the Exchange Rate

The sovereign debt restructuring operation in Jamaica undertaken in early-2010 was a unique experiment that perhaps offered less by way of upside, if compared to the conventional sovereign debt exchanges, but provided credible assurances against further downfall and financial sector distress. A case study of a highly indebted country with domestically held debt, the paper discusses the conditions leading to the exchange, the rationale behind it, as well as its operational aspects. Achievements of the exchange, too, are discussed in detail. The paper also outlines the risks stemming from the hi

"Handbook of Exchange Rates is an impressive compilation of research from more than thirty-five leading researchers and experts on the topic. The book is clearly organized into five succinct sections that explore the foreign exchange (FX) market, from its background and economic foundation to current practices, obstacles, and policies in the modern foreign exchange market. Part I presents an overview of the history of the FX market and exchange rate regimes, the key instruments/players in the FX trading environment, and both macro and micro approaches to FX determination. Next, Part II focuses on forecasting exchange rates, featuring methodological contributions on the sstatistical methods for evaluating forecast performance, parity relationships, fair value models, and flow-based models. Part III treats FX as an asset class, outlining active currency management, currency hedging, hedge accounting, high frequency and algorithmic trading in FX, and FX strategy-based products. Part IV discusses products and pricing in FX, the FX options market, and volatility derivatives. Finally, the book concludes with a section on FX markets and policy, prediction and management of FX crises, FX regimes and policy; regulation in FX market that also features discussion of the effects of exchange rate regime choice on international trade. Each chapter follows the same easy-to-follow format. Following an introduction, a description of theory is presented along with key formulae. Next, the discussed theory is applied to a real data set and accompanied with illustrative descriptions. Exercises and real-world examples from the finance industry are spread throughout each chapter, and a summary provides a brief overview of main points and concepts"--