The political economy of european integration

theory and analysis

This book provides an accessible introduction to diverse political economy perspectives on different aspects of European integration. It presents a critical appraisal of how scholars in the EU and US use theory to understand European integration.

Sustainable fiscal policy and economic stability

theory and practice

The public debt/GDP ratio in several countries showed the largest ever peacetime increase during the last 20 years of the twentieth century, thereby causing widespread fiscal unsustainability. Towards the latter half of the 1990s, several governments initiated steps to reverse this trend however, they ...

The network society

a cross-cultural perspective

Manuel Castells # one of the world#s pre-eminent social scientists # has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies ...

Creative knowledge environments

the influences on creativity in research and innovation

Although there is an ever increasing demand for new technology and innovations in the economy and society in general, we currently know little about the conditions for stimulating creativity in relation to research and innovative activity. This book fills a significant gap in the literature ...

Conocimiento, tecnología y crecimiento

nuevas orientaciones y recomendaciones estratégicas en una economía globalizada

Este libro organiza sistemáticamente y profundiza en el conocimiento teórico de las complejas relaciones entre tecnología y economía que determinan la evolución de la "productividad" y el crecimiento económico.

L'età delle banche centrali

forme e governo della moneta fiduciaria in una prospecttiva istituzionalista

Qual è il ruolo delle banche centrali, e come è andato evolvendosi negli oltre due secoli della loro esistenza? E quale logica evolutiva ha condotto ad attribuire loro una generalità di funzioni: istituto di emissione, prestatore di ultima istanza, responsabile della politica monetaria, gestore del ...

El Mercosur, los trabajadores y el ALCA

un estudio sobre la relación entre el sindicalismo sociopolítico y la integración en el Cono Sur

Los sindicalismos de los países del Cono Sur podrán incidir en las reformas institucionales que exige el Mercosur entre 2003-2006 para avanzar en su constitución como comunidad económico-política y en las negociaciones en desarrollo sobre el ALCA y el acuerdo de asociación con la Unión ...

Il mercato monetario e la banca centrale

liquidità bancaria, politica monetaria, sistemi di pagamento

Il mercato monetario rappresenta il punto d'incontro tra la gestione della liquidità bancaria e la politica monetaria: da un lato, consente agli intermediari di ridistribuire la liquidità, contribuendo così al loro equilibrio finanziario; dall'altro, costituisce l'ambito di realizzazione della politica monetaria e ...

Empleos y rentas en un mundo globalizado

Basándose de una investigación empírica orignal de la OIT, que combina el análisis comparativo de países y los estudios de casos, el autor analiza las consecuencias que el proceso de globalización, tal y como se ha desarrollado hasta ahora, ha tenido en particular para el ...

Lezioni di economia monetaria

La seconda edizione delle Lezioni di Economia Monetaria appare a due anni di distanza dalla prima e include alcuni importanti aggiornamenti istituzionali sulle strategie di politica monetaria, le procedure operative, la struttura e la governance della Federal Reserve e della Banca Centrale Europea. Nel complesso ...

The interaction of monetary policy and wage bargaining in the European Monetary Union

lessons from the endogenous money approach

Sebastian Dullien gives a novel explanation for unemployment and inflation in the Euro-Zone. He argues that unemployment stems from a lack of cooperation between unions and monetary authorities: In an economy with endogenous money as EMU, wage setters are responsible for price stability while the ...

Exploring sustainable development

geographical perspectives

Sustainable development is capturing the attention of planners, politicians and business leaders. Within the academic sphere its study is increasingly breaching disciplinary boundaries to become a focus of attention for natural and social scientists alike. But in studying such a key concept, it is vital ...

Principios rectores de la política social y económica

Como dice el profesor Miguel Angel García Herrera,que prologa la edición,el también profesor Javier Tajadura ha reunido es esta importante obra un completo y experimentado equipo de docentes para abordar coordinadamente la compleja tarea que supone en la actualidad modernizar nuestra Constitución.Y ...

Evolución contemporánea del gasto público en España

En los años setenta, Musgrave afirmaba que la teoría del crecimiento del gasto público es un tema fascinante pero difícilmente dominable y que incluso considerando solamente los aspectos económicos era difícil formular una teoría aceptable del crecimiento del gasto público. Esta afirmación sigue siendo válida ...

Deflaction

current and historical perspectives

Until recently fears of deflation seemed nothing more than a relic of the Great Depression. However, beginning in the 1990s, persistently falling consumer prices have emerged in Japan, China and elsewhere. Deflation is also a distinct possibility in some of the major euro area economies ...

Monetary policy implementation

theory-past-present

The first of its kind, this book is entirely dedicated to the implementation of monetary policy: how central banks go about achieving their monetary policy targets. Monetary policy implementation has gone through tremendous changes over the last twenty years, which have witnessed the quiet end ...

Labor market institutions and public regulation

The six studies collected in this CESifo volume analyze the sometimes unpredictable effects of public regulation on the labor market. Examining a wide range of policy interventions -- from subsidized employment to an increased tax on capital -- and using a variety of methodologies to analyze them ...

How monetary policy works

For monetary policymakers worldwide, developing a practical understanding of how monetary policy transmits to the economy is a day-to-day challenge. The data such policymakers have is imperfect, the maps they use are continually redrawn. With such uncertainty, understanding this complicated issue is rarely straightforward. This ...

Re-examining montery and fiscal policy for the 21st century

This book provides a much-needed re-examination of monetary and fiscal policies, their application in the real world and their potential for macroeconomic policy in the 21st century. It provides a detailed discussion and critique of the #new consensus' in macroeconomics along with the monetary and ...

Contemporary post Keynesian analysis

Original articles by leading scholars of post Keynesian economics make up this authoritative collection. Current topics of the greatest interest are covered, such as: perspectives on current economic policy; post Keynesian approaches to monetary theory and policy; economic development, growth and inflation; Kaleckian perspectives on ...