Macroeconomics

This is an account of the theories of growth and distribution of Francois Quesnay, Adam Smith, Robert Malthus, David Ricardo and Karl Marx.

This book researches banking structure in developing Japan and gives insight into how Japan's banks have become embroiled in recent financial crisis.

This book presents the latest findings on the impact of capital flows and foreign direct investments (FDI) on macroeconomic variables and financial development of emerging markets.

With globalisation, deregulation and the advent of derivatives, credit institutions and the treasury operations of manufacturing, merchandising and service companies are finding that their traditional tools for management control no longer suffice.

The issue of unfunded public pension systems have moved to the centre of public debate all over the world.

In modern economies a substantial proportion of resources is increasingly allocated to transaction costs.

In 2004 the Japanese economy was in a gravely depressed state, with little growth for nearly a decade.

As a prospective economic giant in the next century, developments in the Chinese economy are of significance to the global economy.

This book assesses how EU economies have fared in their project of economic and monetary union.

Marking the 30th anniversary of the formation of Orion Bank in 1970, financial historian Richard Roberts has written a history of Orion and the rise and decline of the consortium banking movement.

Sterling in Decline takes the devaluations of 1931, 1949 and 1967 as a metaphor for Britain's changing position in the world economy.

Christian Ragacs develops contributions to the theory of minimum wages, while taking rationing and spill-over effects on markets other than the labour market into account.

The start of the European monetary union gave additional impetus to the lively debate on the effects of monetary policy and the appropriate strategy for central banks.

This is the 29th edition of the leading guide to taxation in Britain.

This book demonstrates that 'monetary analysis', as contained in Post-Keynesian monetary theories, but also in the Neo-Ricardian monetary theory of distribution and in Marx's monetary analysis, can be integrated into Post-Keynesian models of distribution of growth in a convincing way.

This book explores country case studies and works that detail the exact transmission mechanisms through which financial development can enhance pro-poor development in order to derive best practices in this field.

This book provides insights into the evolving debate regarding the mobilization of domestic resources and the crucial role that financial development can and should play in this regard, exploring aspects of the financial development-domestic resource mobilization nexus, including country case studies.

There are now increasing concerns about the need to upgrade public infrastructure, improve the delivery of public services, and explore new options for partnering with the private sector.

This succinct overview of Marshall's life and work as an economist sets his major economic contributions in perspective, by looking at his education, his travel, his teaching at Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol, his policy views as presented to government inquiries and his political and social opinions.

This book examines the options for adopting an appropriate model of the exchange rate determination and its associated regime suitable for developing countries.

With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies.

This book examines the aging of the US population as a primary domestic public policy issue.

This book considers aspects of transformation of former state socialist countries: social and economic outcomes; forces in the transformation process; problems of consolidation of the new regimes;and other scenarios.

This book aims to trigger a wider examination of Asian economic integration.

In easy to understand terms and journalistic style, Read describes the reasons for global financial unrest arising from the sub-prime mortgage crisis and economic meltdowns.

During the last 30 years, finance has increased not only its share of economic activity but also of people's aspirations.

This book traces the historical rise of private equity finance in the US and UK over the last 40 years.

Hong Kong SAR is now highly unusual as a large economy running a currency board system that pegs the Hong Kong Dollar to the US Dollar.

The rise of China and India has completely changed the world economy, moving it towards disequilibrium.

This book covers a wide variety of aspects of transition in Central and Southeast Europe and the CIS, including the socialist legacy, privatization and growth, skills, and banking reforms.

The deregulation of domestic financial markets and the capital account in developing countries has frequently been associated with financial turmoil and macro volatility.

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This book examines fiscal policy coordination in EMU and the required adjustments to national fiscal policies by EMU member states.

This book is the first comprehensive account of the numerous attempts made since the Second World War to provide food security for all.

This book examines the efficiency and effectiveness of economic policies in Europe, and explores the implications for social equity.

In-depth analysis of the key players (China, India, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Indonesia, North Africa) of the unprecedented international economic integration of the last 25 years.

This volume analyzes changing patterns of authority in the global political economy with an in-depth look at the new roles played by state and non-state actors, and addresses key themes including the provision of global public goods, new modes of regulation and the potential of new institutions for global governance.

This book presents in its first part the financial determinants of innovation processes considered in a macro-economic perspective, which are limited by short-term constraints, and studies in its second part the linkages existing between the necessity to innovate in order to survive and the constant attention given to financial results.

This book examines how consistent the post-war process of globalization has been with the basic requisites of sustainable development.

This book demonstrates that there is sufficient evidence on the Nigerian economy and society to inform many policy issues, and reveals the current problems and policy options that a democratic Nigeria will need to debate and resolve.

This volume presents a radical reinterpretation of the European Community or Union as a neo-liberal construction.

How to avoid taxpayers paying for bank failures and banking crises?

This volume presents a critical examination of the EMU from different perspectives.

This book examines the life and works of John Kenneth Galbraith and demonstrates how his non-conventional approach to economics is critical to understanding the trouble that currently exists within economics and economic policies.

This edited volume examines the flaws in the Washington Consensus.

This book poses a critique of neoliberal economic polices in the EU and proposals for alternatives.

The author reviews retrospectively his developing ideas on theory and policy since he first encountered Keynes's writings in 1950.

Investing in Corporate Bonds and Credit Risk is a valuable tool for any corporate bond investor.

This volume examines the theory of monetary circulation and applies it to several modern issues including unemployment, inflation, distribution and economic policies.

This volume deals with macroeconomic issues and their relation with economic growth.