General introduction --; The normative and the positive view on exchange rate policy --; Fear of floating and fear of pegging: How important is politics?- Political uncertainty and speculative attacks --; Developing a theory of currency peg duration --; The determinants of fixed exchange rate regime duration: A survival analysis --; Political cycles and the real exchange rate --; Conclusion and discussion.
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This book considers the issue of exchange rate policy-making from a political economy perspective. It illustrates both theoretically and empirically how domestic political and institutional incentives shape exchange rate policies in developing countries.--Jacket.