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A framework for macroprudential regulation that defines systemic risk and macroprudential policy, describes macroprudential tools, and surveys the effectiveness of existing macroprudential regulation.

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Writing from an interdisciplinary perspective that is both theoretical and practical, Brian Semkow analyses and discusses the scope and direction financial and capital market reform has taken in Taiwan, and its implications for existing and newly emerging financial institutions.

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Every economic system exists only to satisfy human wants, yet most systems fail to do so. Taking a keen look at the gap between goal and result, Stanley Lebergott appraises public policies relating to the U.S. distribution of income and wealth today. Part I shows that many programs have disappointed their proponents because certain basic assumptio

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Examines the evolution of Western European economies through the lens the recurring scarcity and depreciation of small change. This book tells the story of how monetary technologies, doctrines, and practices evolved from 1300 to 1850; of how the 'standard formula' was devised to address the dilemma without causing inflation.

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The major interconnections between money, credit-creating potential of central banks, and fiscal/deficit potential of government are emphasized. The principal central banks considered are the Bank of England, Federal Reserve, and Bundesbank.

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Analyzes recent economic performance in the Commonwealth Caribbean by examining the IMF/World Bank Structural Adjustment package and its relation to the deteriorating economic and social conditions in this part of the world.

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The new Political Economy, which in 1815 captured the attention of a country exhausted by war and drained by economic crisis, was to have profound effects on British and, indeed, the Western world's economic and political life for more than a hundred years.

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Presents an analysis of the rise and fall of US inflation after 1960. This book examines two explanations for the behavior of inflation and unemployment in this period: the natural-rate hypothesis joined to the Lucas critique and a more traditional econometric policy evaluation modified to include adaptive expectations and learning.

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This book contends that central bank policy pits the Federal Reserve against consumers, creating business cycles and inflation.

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An analysis of the strength of the dollar, the role of the dollar and other alternatives as international money, the U.S. as an international capital market, and the past and future relationships between financial policy and foreign relations.

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This volume provides an up-to-date account of how the process of economic transition in Eastern Europe is unfolding from the point of view of Eastern European economists assessing their native economies.

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A systematic treatment of the economic elements that determine the need for R&D policies.

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A comprehensive introductory resource with entries covering the development of money and the functions and dysfunctions of the monetary and financial system.

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This volume presents a theoretical and empirical study of the relationship between entrepreneurship and the process of long-term regional change. The author identifies five major innovative entrepreneurial roles and their historical antecedents. He then explores the macro effects of these roles.

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Offers an alternative view of the workings of foreign exchange markets. This title explains why large exchange-rate changes and volatility clustering occur. It analyzes the effects of official interventions in the foreign exchange market. It is suitable for analysts in foreign exchange markets and students of international finance and economics.

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This volume integrates financial theory, particularly financial contracting theory, into macroeconomics. Dr. Krainer takes an unconventional approach to the subject of financial institutions and markets: by applying financial theory to macroeconomic topics, he portrays a different view of how the financial system interacts with the economy.