Issues in Monetary, Financial and Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2911-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

This collection of survey articles sheds light on crucial questions in the field of monetary, financial and macroeconomic policy.
- Applies rigorous economic theory and empirical analysis to important practical policy issues.

- Considers the role of the financial sector in economic development.

- Looks at why financial crises occur and how they can be avoided.

- Discusses the relationship between macroeconomic adjustment and poverty.

- Asks if low-inflation rate regimes are at risk from the ‘zero bound’ to nominal interest rates.

- Provides accessible overviews of recent research into these questions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sayer, Stuart

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Monetary, Financial and Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies – An Overview: Stuart Sayer.

2. Financial Liberalisation and Economic Development – An Assessment: Paul Auerbach and Jalal Uddin Siddiki.

3. Financial Markets, Development and Economic Growth: Tales of Informational Asymmetries: Salvator Capasso.

4. An Exegesis on Currency and Banking Crises: Janice Boucher Breuer.

5. The Changing Nature of Currency Crises: Sweta C. Saxena.

6. Macroeconomic Adjustment and the Poor: Analystical Issues and Cross-Country Evidence: Pierre-Richard Agenor.

7. The Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy: Anna Florio.

8. Monetary Policy and the Zero Bound to Interest Rates: A Review: Tony Yates.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Stuart Sayer is Senior Lecturer and Head of Economics at the University of Edinburgh. He is the Co-founder and Senior Editor of the Journal of Economic Surveys and his previous publications include Issues in New Political Economy (ed., Blackwell Publishing, 2001).