In recent years the definition of an economic transfer-a payment to an individual or institution that does not arise out of current productive activity-has been subject to even wider interpretation. This volume addresses that trend and introduces new methods of measuring transfers in the...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of tables -- Table of abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I The ambivalent nature of bailouts -- II Bank bailouts and sovereign indebtedness -- III Bailout policy approaches -- Part...