The global financial system has witnessed rapid growth and substantial structural change duringthe last ten years leading to globalisation of financial markets. The integration of financial markets hasaccentuated the rapid flow of capital across borders as well as magnified the contagious...

This valuable and engaging new book bears eloquent testimony to A.P. Thirlwall’s substantial contribution to economics over the last 40 years. The volume does not attempt to provide a comprehensive review of such a prolific figure, but rather demonstrates the considerable influence that...

Using the framework of endogenous growth models which seeks to explain sustained long term growth across countries and over time as a basis, this paper empirically analyzes the determinants of long term growth in selected African countries during 1970-91. The most important explanatory variables...