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World finance and economic stability : selected essays of James Tobin
Tobin, James - 2003
Nobel Prize winner James Tobin has made outstanding contributions to modern macroeconomics. In this final collection of his work he examines the economic policies of the United States and its relations with other major economies after 1990. In James Tobin's view, the welfare of populations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851797
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Reflections on the Great Depression
Parker, Randall E. - 2002
This book explores the most prominent economic explanations of the Great Depression and how it affected the lives, experiences, and subsequent thinking of economists who lived through that era. Presented in interview format, this collection of conversations with Moses Abramovitz, Morris Adelman,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852119
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Monetary regimes and inflation : history, economic and political relationships
Bernholz, Peter - 2003
1. Introduction -- 2. Inflation and monetary regimes -- 3. Inflation under metallic monetary regimes -- 4. Moderate … paper money inflations -- 5. Characteristics of hyperinflations -- 6. Currency competition, inflation, Gresham's law and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851086
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Monetary policy and the great inflation in the United States : the Federal Reserve and the failure of macroeconomic policy, 1965-1979
Mayer, Thomas - 1999
great inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s. It is the first detailed analysis, using Federal Reserve documents, of the … policy that led to this inflation. Thomas Mayer considers forecasting errors and wage and price controls in his attempt to … explain why the inflation occurred and places some of the blame on ineffective operating procedures, institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473850
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Monetary policy and Taiwan's economy
Dwyer, Gerald P. (ed.); Lin, Jin-Lung (ed.); Xu, Jiadong (ed.) - International Conference on the Conduct of Monetary … - 2002
Monetary Policy and Taiwan's Economy questions whether the Asian crisis could have been avoided through the application of recommendations highlighted by the contributors. The conclusion reached is that in an abstract world, perhaps; but in the world in which we live; no. It is argued that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474165
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Economic and monetary union in Europe : theory, evidence, snd practice
Baimbridge, Mark (contributor); Whyman, Philip (contributor) - 2003
Economic and Monetary Union in Europe brings together contributions from leading specialists which explain and evaluate the most important implications of economic and monetary union. The book examines theoretical aspects of monetary integration, illustrates the historical lessons to be learned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850608
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Monetary history, exchange rates and financial markets
Goodhart, Charles Albert Eric (contributor);  … - 2003
Monetary History, Exchange Rates and Financial Markets is an impressive collection of original papers in honour of Charles Goodhart's outstanding contribution to monetary economics and policy. Charles Goodhart has written extensively on many of these topics and has become synonymous with his...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850618
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Managing international financial instability : national tamers versus global tigers
Saccomanni, Fabrizio - 2008
Recurrent instability has characterized the global financial system since the 1980s, eventually leading to the current global financial crisis. This instability and the resultant disruptions - sovereign debt defaults, exchange rate misalignments, financial market illiquidity and asset price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850688
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Monetary integration and dollarization : no panacea
Vernengo, Matias (contributor) - 2005
This book deals with the economic consequences of monetary integration, which has long been dominated by the Optimal Currency Area (OCA) paradigm. In this model, money is perceived as having developed from a private sector cost minimization process to facilitate transactions. Not surprisingly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850704
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Regional currency areas in financial globalization : a survey of current issues
Cartapanis, André (contributor);  … - 2005
This book is an up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the key issues and challenges facing regional currency area projects in the context of financial globalization. The authors focus on several central issues that emerged during the experiences of the 1990s and 2000s: exchange...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851024