"Examines the more dynamic role Asian nations are playing within the G-20 and in multilateral organizations concerned with governance of global economic and financial affairs, brought about by the rapid development of Asian economies in recent decades"--Provided by publisher

Applies the psychological insights of behavioral economics to economic concepts such as moral hazard, deadweight loss, and incidence. Explores how deviations from the standard economic model of decisionmaking--imperfect optimization, bounded self-control, and nonstandard preferences--might...

Foreword / Strobe Talbott -- Introduction and overview / Colin I. Bradford Jr. and Johannes Linn -- International institutional reform -- IMF reform : congruence with global governance reform / Jack Boorman -- Strengthening the IMF : lessons from history / James M. Boughton -- The World Bank :...