TY - BOOK ID - 978361 TI - Yen bloc : toward economic integration in Asia PY - 2001 SN - 0815700830 0815798709 PB - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, DB - UniCat KW - International economic relations KW - Asia KW - Monetary policy KW - ASI / Asia - Aziƫ - Asie KW - JP / Japan - Japon KW - 333.825 KW - 382.52 KW - 333.431 KW - 333.846.7 KW - Deviezenpolitiek. Interventies. KW - Handelsakkoorden. Driehoekshandel. Bilateralisme. KW - Monetaire Unies. KW - Verband tussen de geld-, bank- en kredietpolitiek en de buitenlandse handel en betalingsbalans. KW - Economic integration. KW - Monetaire Unies KW - Deviezenpolitiek. Interventies KW - Verband tussen de geld-, bank- en kredietpolitiek en de buitenlandse handel en betalingsbalans KW - Handelsakkoorden. Driehoekshandel. Bilateralisme UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:978361 AB - In this important new book, C.H. Kwan asks whether the Japanese yen can, or will, replace the dollar as the key currency in East Asia. Kwan analyzes the implications for Japan and Asia's developing countries should they come together to form a yen bloc--a grouping of countries that use the yen as an international currency and maintain stable exchange rates against the yen. Combining academic analysis with his experience advising the Japanese prime minister and the Japanese minister of finance, Kwan concludes that a yen bloc might benefit Asia's developing countries--as well as Japan--while contributing to a more stable international monetary order. Kwan's book represents the first attempt to explore systematically the possibility of monetary integration in Asia. It also provides a vision for regional integration in Asia in the twenty-first century. ER -