The Handbook of International Macroeconomics (Blackwell Economics Handbooks) [Paperback]

Frederick Van der Ploeg (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0631190627 | ISBN-13: 978-0631190622 | Publication Date: June 13, 1994 | Edition: 1

Bringing together contributions from international experts working at the cutting edge of research the handbook reflects recent rapid advances in both theory and practice.
The Handbook of International Macroeconomics is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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This volume brings together twenty path-breaking researchers to provide a completely up-to-date survey of the most exciting recent developments in international monetary economics.

The Handbook begins with expositions of three different theoretical foundations of open economy macroeconomics: quantity constraints and rationing, imperfect competition and real competitive business cycles. These are followed by surveys on international fiscal policy coordination and on capital taxation in the global economy. After a history of the international monetary system there are expositions on the optimal exchange rate regime, speculative attacks and exchange rate bands. These are accompanied by chapters on stylized facts on nominal exchange rate returns, international capital markets and currency substitution. The final chapters cover sovereign debt, growth and external debt, saving, investment and the current account and endogenous growth and deficits in interdependent economies.

The volume is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students who need to keep abreast of the major developments in international monetary economics.

About the Author

Frederick Van der Ploeg is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Amsterdam, a director of the Tinbergen Institute and a feloow of the CEPR. He has previuosly taught at Cambridge University, the LOndon School of Economics, Tilburg and the European University Institute, Florence. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Princeton and Charles University, Prague.

Product Details

• Paperback: 616 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (June 13, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0631190627
• ISBN-13: 978-0631190622
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
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This review is from: The Handbook of International Macroeconomics (Blackwell Economics Handbooks) (Paperback)

If you are looking for up-to-date reviews of various international macroeconomic topics, this book will probably have something to offer. It contains both the relevant theory and literature surveys on a wide range of subjects.