This book examines regional monetary cooperation as a strategy to enhance macroeconomic stability in developing countries and emerging markets. Interdisciplinary case studies on Southern Africa, Southeast Asia and South America provide a cross-regional perspective on the viability of such strategy.

Autorentext

Laurissa Mühlich is a research associate at the Brazil Research Center of the Institute for Latin American Studies at the Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany. She completed her PhD in economics at the Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, and Yale University, USA.

Inhalt

1. Introduction PART I: DRIVERS OF REGIONAL MONETARY COOPERATION 2. Global Instability and 'Monetary Regionalism' 3. Monetary Policy Choices of Southern Economies 4. Fragile Financial Markets PART II: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL MONETARY COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION 5. A Modern Exchange Rate Theory Perspective 6. A Strategy to Achieve Macroeconomic Stability? 7. Asymmetric Regional Monetary Cooperation 8. Reconsidering Economic Costs PART III: REGIONAL MONETARY COOPERATION IN CMA, ASEAN/ASEAN+3, AND MERCOSUR 9. Case Selection and Data 10. Common Monetary Area (CMA) 11. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN/ASEAN+3) 12. Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) 13. CMA, ASEAN/ASEAN+3 and MERCOSUR Compared 14. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations