Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of exhibits -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The international setting -- Prices in the open economy : purchasing power parity -- Financial markets in the open economy -- Open economy macroeconomics -- Exchange rate determination -- Flexible prices : the monetary model -- Fixed prices : the mundell/fleming model -- Sticky prices : the dornbusch model -- Portfolio balance and the current account -- Currency substitution -- General equilibrium models -- A world of uncertainty -- Market efficiency and rational expectations -- The "news" model, exchange rate volatility and forecasting -- The risk premium -- Target zones -- Crises and credibility -- Crises and credibility -- Heterogeneous expectations and scapegoat models -- Order flow analysis -- A certain uncertainty: nonlinearity, cycles and chaos -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

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