International integration in capital markets: 1. Started with the Bretton Woods agreements but then decreased after 1971. 2. Was prohibited by GATT since 1950. 3. Mainly increased since the 1970s. 4. Decreased up to today from their high levels in the early 1950s. 5. Increased, but only after 2000 and not before

International integration in capital markets: 1. Started with the Bretton Woods agreements but then decreased after 1971. 2. Was prohibited by GATT since 1950. 3. Mainly increased since the 1970s. 4. Decreased up to today from their high levels in the early 1950s. 5. Increased, but only after 2000 and not before

International Financial Management

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Chapter6: Government Influence On Exchange Rates

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