Macroeconomics category: 2722 books
Macroprudential Policy
Taming the wild gyrations of credit flows, debt stocks and asset prices
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
The financial crisis of 2008 is probably the single most important economic event in post-war history. Macroprudential policy is the response to that crisis – a determined attempt to stabilize the financial system. This book explains why it is necessary, who will be responsible for executing this responsibility and how they will go about doing it.
by Stefan Gerlach, Paul Mr. Gruenwald
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2006
The procyclicality of financial systems has received an increasing amount of attention from policymakers, academics, and international organizations in recent years. This heightened interest stems from a combination of the ongoing globalization of finance, the role of the financial sector in various...
by Garry Mr. Schinasi
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2005
How is finance related to economic processes, and why should it be viewed as a public good requiring policy action? This book provides an answer. The book develops a practical framework for safeguarding financial stability, which encompasses both prevention and resolution of problems. It also examines...
by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Jian-Ping Ms. Zhou, Vanessa Le Leslé
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
The causes of the global financial crisis were multi-faceted but revealed still unresolved weaknesses in national and international financial oversight and resolution frameworks. In particular, many governments in the crisis-hit countries had to provide unprecedented levels of support to contain the...
by David Mr. Parker
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
This manual addresses problem bank resolution from the time a bank is identified as being in financial trouble through intervention to liquidation. It comes with an interactive CD-ROM from which users can download and tailor documents to use in their own closing processes. The book draws on the author's...
Market Threads
How Cotton Farmers and Traders Create a Global Commodity
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
What is a global market? How does it work? At a time when new crises in world markets cannot be satisfactorily resolved through old ideas, Market Threads presents a detailed analysis of the international cotton trade and argues for a novel and groundbreaking understanding of global markets. The book...
The Limits of the Market
The Pendulum Between Government and Market
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
The old discussion of 'Market or State' is obsolete. There will always have to be a mix of market and state. The only relevant question is what that mix should look like. How far do we have to let the market go its own way in order to create as much welfare as possible for everyone? What is the responsibility...
Environment and Employment
A Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run. At the same time, an annual GDP growth rate of around three percent is regarded as the minimum necessary to prevent unemployment from escalating. Clearly, a trade-off...
by Manuel Mr. Guitián
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1992
Economic interdependence offers the potential for raising global welfare, but there is a fuzzy boundary between national interests and global objectives in the economic policy area. This paper examines the boundary area. It concludes that all international economic regimes must entail a mix of rules...
by Partha Dasgupta, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, V. Kerry Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
Handbook in Environmental Economics, Volume 4, the latest in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting timely chapters on Modeling Ecosystems and Economic Systems, Framing Sustainability Policy Questions: Who Leads – Ecology or Economics?, Valuing...
Contours of the World Economy 1-2030 AD
Essays in Macro-Economic History
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2007
This book seeks to identify the forces which explain how and why some parts of the world have grown rich and others have lagged behind. Encompassing 2000 years of history, part 1 begins with the Roman Empire and explores the key factors that have influenced economic development in Africa, Asia, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Developing economies around the world must balance fast growth with traditional values to achieve the greatest success. Issues related to rural innovation, knowledge management, and emerging technologies are at the forefront of every developing country’s concerns. Promoting Socio-Economic Development...
Privatizing Eastern Europe
The Role of Markets and Ownership in the Transition
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume is meant to be a modest contribution to the ongoing debate about the transitions away from the administrative planning environment typical of the former communist regimes. The central subject matter is a fairly special one, namely the privatization of these economies together with the...
Efficiency in Business and Economics
Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Efficiency as a Source of the Wealth of Nations (ESWN), Wrocław 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
This volume offers a collection of studies on problem of organization’s efficiency, criteria for evaluating the efficiency, tools and methods for measuring the efficiency. The articles included present an interdisciplinary look at efficiency, its essence and the principles of its measurement. The...