The break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, following closely on the adoption of market-oriented reforms in Eastern Europe, created a new specialty within economics. The economics of transition encompass phenomena and problems from both microeconomics and macroeconomics, as economists from all...

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Optimum Currency Areas: Currency Area Composition and Exchange-Rate Regimes-Theory and Evidence Reconciled; 2. Measuring the Sacrifice Ratio: Some International Evidence (with Kai Leitemo); 3. Regional...

Providing an integrated analysis of the event and its consequences, the chapters in the book consider the causes of the crisis, the response of the US government and International Monetary Fund, adjustments in the Korean monetary and fiscal policies, and the success of financial and corporate...

Die Wechselkurspolitik steht zu Beginn des Transformationsprozesses im Spannungsfeld von außenwirtschaftlicher Liberalisierung und makroökonomischer Stabilisierung. Die Rolle der Währungskonvertibilität und die Wahl des Wechselkursregimes sind für einen erfolgreichen Übergang von der Plan-...