Underdevelopment is often conceived as being reproduced domestically. This paper emphasizes the international forces that enable the persistence of underdevelopment. We first explore how the currency hierarchy imposes a dependency relation between developed and underdeveloped economies. We...

The economic performance of Austria and Italy during the last two decades is analysed by economists from both countries. Their contributions interpret observed historical facts starting from a macroeconomic level down to disaggregated structural issues. The performance as well as prospects of...

The endogeneity of exchange-rate regimes / Barry Eichengreen -- Exchange-rate behavior under alternative exchange-rate arrangements / Mark P. Taylor -- Panel : one money for how many? / Richard N. Cooper, Ronald I. McKinnon, Michael Mussa -- Exchange rates, prices, and external adjustment in the...