European responses to globalization and financial market integration

perceptions of Economic and Monetary Union in Britain, France and Germany

Description: This book investigates the perceptions of political actors towards the creation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe. The research is largely based on personal interviews conducted with key informants in central banks, finance ministries, employers' organizations and trade unions in Britain, France ...

Too sensational

on the choice of exchange rates regimes

In this volume, W. Max Corden presents a systematic and accessible overview of the choice of exchange rate regimes. Reviewing many types of regimes, he shows how the choice of an exchange rate regime is related to both fiscal policy and trade policy. Building on ...

Exchange rate regimes

choices and consequences

Few topics in international economics are as controversial as the choice of an exchange rate regime. Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system in the early 1970s, countries have adopted a wide variety of regimes, ranging from pure floats at one extreme to currency ...

Economics of exchange rates

In the last few decades exchange rate economics has seen a number of developments, with substantial contributions to both the theory and empirics of exchange rate determination. Important developments in econometrics and the increasingly large availability of high-quality data have also been responsible for stimulating ...

The behaviour of fiscal authorities

stabilisation, growth and institutions

Description: The behaviour of fiscal authorities and its interplay with budgetary institutions is a recent and increasingly important area of economic research, heightened by the move to single currency in Europe. This volume provides a systematic analysis of issues including the determinants of fiscal retrenchment ...

Money and Politics

That large financial contributions distort American politics and American democracy is an idea that stands as a truism in political debate. It has fired reform movements; it has inspired round after round of efforts to limit who can give to candidates and parties, how much ...

La fragilidad financiera del capitalismo

La fragilidad financiera es uno de os problemas endémicos del Capitalismo. Un problema que que no parece encontrarse en vías de solución como lo prueban las crisis bursátiles, cambiarias y bancarias de la última década, algunas de las cuales son objeto de análisis del presente ...

The politics of money

towards sustainability and economic democracy

The book opens with a review of the role of money in currnt society, an overview of the history of money creations and a critique of the main theoretical developements in economic thought. Alternative perspectives on money are then presented through a review of a ...

Monetary transmission in diverse economies

This 2002 volume explains different aspects of the transmission mechanism. It scrutinizes the relevance of practical issues such as asymmetries, recent structural changes and estimation errors using data on the US, Euro area and developing countries. Also focuses on modelling crucial aspects including productivity, the ...

Moving money

banking and finance in the industrialized world

Daniel Verdier's book is an analysis of how politics influences financial systems. He shows that differing national political institutions have led to different regulatory policies and thus different financial structures. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of financial politics and ...

Political economy

the contest of economic ideas

Political Economy looks at the competing currents of political economic thought. INDICE ECONOMIC PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS: The current context . ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: What's so Special about Capitalism . BACK TO BASICS: Classical Political Economy . THE CRITQUE OF CAPITALISM: Marxist Economics . THE IDEOLOGY OF THE MARKET: Neoclassical ...

Too sensational

on the choice of exchange rate regimes

Most of the literature on exchange rate regimes has focused on the developed countries. Since the recent crises in emerging markets, however, attention has shifted to the choice of exchange rate regimes for developing countries, especially those that are more integrated into the world capital ...

La evolución económica de las provincias españolas (1955-1998)

Este segundo volumen dedica su atención al estudio de la desigualdad y convergencia entre las diferentes provincias españolas en el periodo considerado, lo que realiza a través de una rigurosa metodología y con amplia base cuantitativa, complementando así el análisis realizado en el primer volumen ...

Introducción a la economía

microeconomía

Aborda los temas de un manual de Introducción a la Economía convencionalmente incluidos en la parte de Microeconomía, con un nivel intermedio en cuanto a contenidos, pero extremadamente accesible en lo referente a la forma de exponerlo. Este texto teórico se complementa con un Libro ...

Prácticas de Microeconomía intermedia

Los últimos años han supuesto una importante renovación y actualización de la mayor parte de los manuales de microeconomía intermedia orientados a la docencia de esta disciplina. Este manual de prácticas intenta ser un material complementario que facilite la asimilación y utilización de los conceptos ...

Lecciones de introducción a la microeconomía para ADE

un enfoque de soberanía de la empresa.Ejercicios para acompañar a lecciones de introducción a la microeconomía para ADE

Principles of microeconomics

Chapter Index: Chapter 1: Economics and the New Economy Chapter 2: Thinking Like an Economist Chapter 3: Trade Chapter 4: Demand, Supply, and Price Chapter 5: Using Demand and Supply Chapter 6: The Consumption Decision Chapter 7: The Firm's Costs Chapter 8: The Competitive ...

Microeconomía

consumo y producción

La principal novedad que ofrece este manual es, con toda probabilidad, el hecho de que vaya acompañado de un CD-Rom de consulta interactiva por parte del alumno. Dicho CD-Rom contiene los mismos problemas y cuestiones de test que el libro, si bien ahora las soluciones ...

Productivity, inequality, and the digital economy

a transatlantic prespective

The widespread diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) has had controversial, seemingly paradoxical consequences. ICT are viewed as driving growth and employment in the United States, while contributing to European unemployment and the so-called Eurosclerosis. At the same time, both the United States and ...

Competitive solutions

the strategist's toolkit

Table of Contents Preface xiii Preamble xiii Contents xvi What Is Strategy? xviii Acknowledgments xix Chapter 1. Introduction 1 Executive Summary-- Introduction 7 Chapter 2. Industry Analysis 9 The Five Six Forces 9 Entry 11 Buyer Bargaining Power 16 Supplier Bargaining Power 18 Substitute Products ...