A guide to international monetary economics

exchange rate theories, systems and policies

Now in its third incarnation, this widely acclaimed and popular text has again been fully updated and revised by the author. There is a bewildering array of models to explain the volatility of exchange rates since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the ...

The theory of environmental agreements and taxes

CO2 policy performance in comparative perspective

Modern macroeconomics

its origins, development and current state

More than a decade after the publication of the critically acclaimed A Modern Guide to Macroeconomics, Brian Snowdon and Howard Vane have produced a worthy successor in the form of Modern Macroeconomics. Thoroughly extended, revised and updated, it will become the indispensable text for students ...

Industrial clusters and inter-firm networks

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of spatial industrial clusters and inter-firm networks. Given the prevailing political belief that clusters can be a major vehicle for economic development and growth, it is important to have a sound understanding of clusters and how they emerge, grow ...

Regional currency areas in financial globalization

a survey of current issues

This book is an up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the key issues and challenges facing regional currency area projects in the context of financial globalization. The authors focus on several central issues that emerged during the experiences of the 1990s and 2000s: exchange rate ...

International monetary policy after the Euro

This fascinating book, a dialogue by leading economists, offers an extensive review of the impact of the introduction of the Euro on the international monetary system. The authors dissect the impact of the euro on living standards in developed and developing countries, the growth of ...

Financialization and the world economy

Money and employment

a study of the theoretical implications of endogenous money

Money and Employment examines the analytical role of money within classical, neoclassical and Keynesian theories of output and employment. The book argues that an endogenously determined money supply is inconsistent with the essential structure of neoclassical economic theory but a necessary condition for a long ...

General-to-specific modeling

Health policy and high-tech industrial development

Many countries and regions are actively promoting high technology industries as a means of stimulating the economy. The authors point out that these efforts are not only encouraging economic development, but they also reduce an economy#s vulnerability to the negative consequences of world trade ...

Trust and crime in information societies

This fascinating book gathers together an enviable range of experts from a variety of disciplines to study how trust and crime interact with new digital technologies. It provides a critical discussion on the prospects of the Internet and on the future of crime and crime ...

Time strategies, innovation and environmental policy

This book is the first attempt to systematically introduce the aspect of time into economic and environmental innovation policy. The authors demonstrate how #windows of opportunity# for technological innovations emerge and also explain how they can be identified and effectively exploited. Contents: 1. Introduction 2 ...

Social learning in technological innovation

experimenting with information and communication technologies

This book explores the innovation processes involved in the application and use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) at work and in everyday life. These are analysed through an unparalleled set of 23 European case studies, which, uniquely, address both the design/development and the ...

Technology, knowledge and the firm

implications for strategy and industrial change

There is a long-standing tradition of research that highlights the importance of differences in the organizational and technological capabilities of firms and their effect on economic performance. This book expands on this theme by exploring the role of knowledge and innovation in firm strategy and ...

Labour supply and incentives to work in Europe

Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe highlights recent developments in the labour supply in Europe and gives a detailed assessment of their link with economic policies and labour market institutions. Despite major changes in European labour supply during the past few decades, the ...

Cost control, college access, and competition in higher education

Quality has never been more important for the future of higher education and the economy than it is today. Unfortunately, the decline in student quality is accompanied by costs that are out of control, a governance system that will not permit any reallocation of resources ...

The public financing of pharmaceuticals

an economic approach

This book provides a complete approach to the economics of financing medicines and policy implications for the efficiency and equity of health systems. In all health systems with majority public financing, pharmaceutical reimbursement is one of the key factors in policies of change and transformation ...

Pension systems

beyond mandatory retirement

Public expenditure control in Europe

coordinating audit functions in the European Union

Technological change plays a crucial role in realizing energy efficiency improvements and, therefore, in ameliorating the conflict between economic growth and environmental quality. However, the diffusion of new technologies can prove a costly and lengthy process, meaning that many firms do not invest in best-practice ...

Water resource economics and policy

an introduction

Table of Contents: Preface 1. Introduction to Water Resources, Water Resource Economics and Law 2. Review of Basic Microeconomics Applied to Water Resources 3. Water Quality Issues 4. Water Prices and Rates for Residential Use 5. Water and Agriculture 6. Uncertainty and Risk in Supply ...

Modelling the costs of environmental policy

a dynamic applied general equilibrium assessment

This important new book enhances our understanding of the dynamic interactions between economic activity, economic growth, pollution abatement and environmental policy. It addresses one main policy problem: how can the direct and indirect costs of environmental policy for multiple pollutants be properly assessed in an ...

Climate change economics

why international accords fail

Although the full extent of the potential damages from global warming remain unknown, scientists have long argued that action should be taken now to mitigate any possible adverse consequences. However, in making such policy recommendations, economic arguments need to be considered as much as scientific ...