TY - BOOK AU - Hartmann,Philipp TI - Currency competition and foreign exchange markets: the dollar, the yen, and the Euro AV - HG925 .H367 1998eb U1 - 332.4/56 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Cambridge, U.K., New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Euro KW - Euro-dollar market KW - Currency question KW - Monetary unions KW - European Union countries KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Foreign Exchange KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-188) and index; Preliminaries; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 National and international money: a survey; 3 A theory of vehicle currencies; 4 Currency competition between the euro, the dollar and the yen; 5 Trading volumes and transaction costs: from the short run to the long run; 6 General conclusions; Bibliography; Index N2 - Currency Competition is a major new study of international currencies which focuses on the role of the Euro, and provides accessible answers to the key questions facing policy-makers, business people and scholars. Philipp Hartmann is a leading economist whose work has been featured in publications including The Wall Street Journal UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=72796 ER -