This is a book in search of an alternative to the discredited investor-owned banks that have brought the rich countries into crisis and the world economy into a long period of austerity. It finds customer-owned banks – credit unions, co-operative banks, building societies – have hardly been...

This book provides a description of the main macroeconomic models used by the European Central Bank and the euro area national central banks (Eurosystem). These models are used to help prepare economic projections and scenario analysis for individual countries and the euro area as a whole

Potential new entrants to the European Union from Central and Eastern European countries face many challenges to achieve financial convergence with the existing EU nations. Using detailed case studies from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and analysis of cross country...

1. Early years -- 2. Eltham school -- 3. Eton -- 4. Early working life -- 5. France and Napoleon -- 6. Serious illness -- 7. Travels -- 8. The bank and economic studies -- 9. More illness and travels -- 10. Monetary problems -- 11. More travels -- 12. Some family matters -- 13. Public life --...

The contributors – top international scholars from finance, law and business – explore the role of governance, both internal and external, in explaining risk-taking and other aspects of the behavior of financial institutions. Additionally, they discuss market and policy features affecting...

Barry Eichengreen, Ricardo Hausmann and Ugo Panizza (2007), 'Currency Mismatches, Debt Intolerance, and Original Sin: Why They are Not the Same and Why it Matters', in Sebastian Edwards (ed) (ed.), Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging Economies: Policies, Practices, and Consequences,...

The Encyclopedia of Central Banking provides definitive and comprehensive encylopedic coverage on central banking and monetary theory and policy. Containing close to 250 entries from specially commissioned experts in their fields, elements of past and current monetary policies are described and...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): George A. Akerlof (1970), 'The Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84 (3), August, 488-500 -- Franklin Allen (1984), 'Reputation and Product Quality', RAND Journal of Economics, 15 (3),...

Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. It provides...

Frank A.G. den Butter explains the importance and means of keeping transaction costs as low as possible. He illustrates how this transaction management can contribute to making firms and nations more competitive by exploiting gains from the division of labour and international fragmentation of...