The quest for monetary stability
By: Carlos Geraldo Langoni and James Ferrer, Jr., and Marcio Ronci, editors.
Contributors: Ferrer, James, 1934-; Langoni, Carlos Geraldo.; Ronci, Márcio Valério.; Centro de Economia Mundial (Brazil); Institute of Brazilian Business and Public Management Issues.
Publisher: DA Publishing
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Monetary policy -- Congresses.; Monetary policy -- Brazil -- Congresses.; Banks and banking, Central -- Congresses.; Banks and banking, Central -- Brazil -- Congresses.
Notes: "Getulio Vargas Foundation, Center of World Economy, Rio de Janeiro ; The George Washington University, Institute of Brazilian Business and Public Management Issues, Washington, DC."--T.p.
"The papers presented in this volume are the product of the proceedings of the conference The Quest for Monetary Stability which took place in Rio de Janeiro on September 1st, 1994, as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)."--Pref.
"Allan H. Meltzer, Afonso S. Bevilaqua, Charles Goodhart, Peter J. Quirk, Franco Passacantando, Giuseppe Tullio, Lauro Vieira de Faria, Ernane Galvêas, Affonso Celso Pastore."--T.p.
Table of contents: title: Alternative monetary regimes. The choice of the monetary regime / Allan H. Meltzer ; Comment / Afonso S. Bevilaqua; title: Central bank independence / Charles Goodhart; title: Exchange rate regimes as inflation anchors / Peter J. Quirk; title: Monetary reforms in Italy, 1979-94 / Franco Passacantando ; Comment / Giuseppe Tullio; title: Reform of Brazilian monetary institutions. On the central bank independence for Brazil / Lauro Vieira de Faria ; Comment / Ernane Galvêas; title: In search of a monetary constitution for Brazil / Marcio Ronci; title: The Brazilian monetary regime, 1974-94 / Affonso Celso Pastore.