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Issues in Monetary, Financial and Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies

ISBN: 978-1-405-12911-4

February 2005

Wiley-Blackwell

288 pages

Description
This collection of survey articles sheds light on crucial questions in the field of monetary, financial and macroeconomic policy.
  • Applies rigorous economic theory and empirical analysis to important practical policy issues.
  • Considers the role of the financial sector in economic development.
  • Looks at why financial crises occur and how they can be avoided.
  • Discusses the relationship between macroeconomic adjustment and poverty.
  • Asks if low-inflation rate regimes are at risk from the ‘zero bound’ to nominal interest rates.
  • Provides accessible overviews of recent research into these questions.
About the Author
Stuart Sayer is Senior Lecturer and Head of Economics at the University of Edinburgh. He is the Co-founder and Senior Editor of the Journal of Economic Surveys and his previous publications include Issues in New Political Economy (ed., Blackwell Publishing, 2001).
Features

  • A collection of survey articles, shedding light on crucial questions in the field of monetary, financial and macroeconomic policy.

  • Applies rigorous economic theory and empirical analysis to important practical policy issues.

  • Considers the role of the financial sector in economic development.

  • Looks at why financial crises occur and how they can be avoided.

  • Discusses the relationship between macroeconomic adjustment and poverty.

  • Asks if low-inflation rate regimes are at risk from the ‘zero bound’ to nominal interest rates.

  • Provides accessible overviews of recent research into these questions.