Managing Global Money

Managing Global Money
Author: Graham Bird
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1988-05-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349095885

This collection of articles and papers has been organised under a limited number of specific themes in international financial economics, including balance of payment theory and policy, the activities of the IMF, Special Drawing Rights, the role of the private financial markets, and the international economic order. A unifying theme running through all the essays is that some degree of management of international financial affairs is desirable. The book has a strong policy orientation and should be of interest to students and practitioners of international financial economics alike.

Essays on Fiscal Policy and International Economics

Essays on Fiscal Policy and International Economics
Author: Tannous Kass-Hanna
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN:

This thesis tackles the transmission of fiscal policy, with a focus on noisy news and its cross-border spillovers. It is composed of four chapters: In the first chapter, I provide an analytical characterization of the effects of noisy news shocks on the transmission of fiscal policy. Using a small-scale Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model with capital accumulation and endogenous labor supply, this chapter shows how aggregate noise dampens the propagation of anticipated fiscal policy over the business cycle, thus reducing the fiscal multiplier. In the second chapter, I investigate the cross-border spillovers of fiscal stimuli policies - as conducted in the aftermath of the Great Recession - using a two-country New Keynesian DSGE model. Fiscal policy is assumed to be noisy: private agents receive an idiosyncratic noisy signal about future government spending shocks. This characterization of the model allows for the dispersion of individuals' expectations and captures one of the components of fiscal policy uncertainty. This chapter also shows a method for identifying the relevance of noise within fiscal policy news, and computes the average level of noise using the Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) dataset. By comparing the model simulations under the case of full information with that under noisy fiscal policy, this chapter illustrates how noise considerably weakens the international spillovers of fiscal policy. The third chapter tackles the domestic and cross-border quantitative effects of fiscal policy within a monetary union by building a two-country Heterogeneous Agents New-Keynesian (HANK) model in order to quantify the internal and external spillovers of fiscal policy on growth and inequality. Using the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) data for Germany and the rest of Euro area, the model is calibrated to match wealth and income distributions. As a policy experiment, I take the case of the fiscal devaluation, that attempts to mimic competitive exchange rate devaluation. The results suggest that specific country policy has non-negligible impact on other country wealth distribution. Inequality transmits through two channels: (i) prices, which affect the household consumption level and split between foreign and home goods and, (ii) the interest rate on bonds, whose any change affects all the members in the monetary union. Finally, this chapter sheds the light on the importance of introducing heterogeneity at the international level in understanding the complex transmission of fiscal policy. In the final chapter, I augment a dynamic labor market general equilibrium model with search and matching frictions in the public and private sectors to include components of government spending: public wage bills, public investment, and transfers. The model elucidates the interactions between public and private sectors, and have numerous policy implications. I also conduct model simulations that show how a policy mix decreasing public employment and increasing public investment can boost the private sector and increase fiscal space in the long run.

Global Economics in Extraordinary Times

Global Economics in Extraordinary Times
Author: C. Fred Bergsten
Publisher: Peterson Institute
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2012-11-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0881326623

Over five decades, John Williamson has written across an extraordinarily broad set of topics in international economics ranging from international monetary economics to development policy. The arc of his scholarship follows the main preoccupations of international economists during the second half of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st. Bridging the scholarly literature and policy debates, his publications on the Washington Consensus, exchange rate policy, and international monetary reform have profoundly influenced public discourse, government policy, and the evolution of the economics discipline. As John marked his 75th birthday, his friends and colleagues prepared this collection of essays to celebrate these many contributions and reflect on their relevance to the challenges that confront the world economy in the wake of the 2008 09 global financial crisis and its current aftermath in Europe.

Essays in Monetary Economics (Collected Works of Harry Johnson)

Essays in Monetary Economics (Collected Works of Harry Johnson)
Author: Harry Johnson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2013-07-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134623569

Reprinting the second edition (which included a new introduction explaining developments which had emerged since first publication) this book discusses explorations in the fundamental theory of a monetary economy, a theoretical critique of the ‘Phillips Curve’ approach to the theory of inflation and the theory of the term structure of interest rates in terms of the theory of forward markets pioneered by David Meiselman.

Studies in International Economics and Finance

Studies in International Economics and Finance
Author: Naoyuki Yoshino
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 671
Release: 2022-03-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811670625

This festschrift volume presents discussions on contemporary issues in international economics and finance. It is aimed to serve as a reference material for researchers. There are two broad sections of the book -- International Macroeconomics and International Finance. The chapters in the International Macroeconomics section discuss critical topics like aggregate level macro model for India with a new Keynesian perspective, balance of payments, service sector exports, foreign exchange constraints for import demands, foreign direct investment and knowledge spill over, the relationship between forex rate fluctuation and investment, Institutional quality-trade openness-economic growth nexus, currency crises and debt-deficit relationship in the BRICS countries in the backdrop of COVID-19. Apart from these, various analytical issues related to macroeconomic policies are also covered in this section. The topics discussed includes the nature of forex market interventions, the issue of disinvestment and privatization, changing nature of fiscal policy, the inflation-growth nexus, macroeconomic simulation modelling, measuring core inflation, central bank credibility, monetary policy, inflation targeting, Infrastructure, trade, unemployment and inequality nexus. In the International Finance section, topics such as COVID-19 induced financial crisis, commodity futures volatility, stock market connectivity, volatility persistence, determinants of sovereign bond yields, FII and stock market volatility, cryptocurrency price formation, financialization of Indian commodity market, and a Keynesian view of the financial crisis are discussed. Overall, thirty two chapters in the volume discuss cutting edge research in the areas of the two sections. A tour de force... a lucid guide to some of the diverse and complex issues in International Macroeconomics and Finance. This collection of scholarly works is a fitting tribute to respected Prof. Bandi Kamaiah and his enviable academic contributions. - Prof. Y V Reddy, Former Governor, Reserve Bank of India This volume comprising thoughtful essays by our leading scholars on some of important policy issues that India is facing is indeed a rich tribute to Professor Bandi Kamaiah . This book will greatly benefit the academic community as well as our policy makers. - Prof. Vijay Kelkar, Chairman, 13th Finance Commission of India; Chairman, India Development Foundation, Mumbai, India Noted economists from India and abroad gather to apply the rigorous searchlight that Professor Bandi Kamaiah used so effectively in his career. Major current topics in macroeconomics and international finance are effectively explored in the volume. - Prof. Ashima Goyal, Emeritus Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India; and Member, Monetary Policy Committee of Reserve Bank of India This volume of 32 papers in macroeconomics, international economics, and international finance is intended as a tribute to the eminent econometrician , Prof B Kamaiah. Post-graduate students and researchers will find much valuable literature in the volume, which is a fitting tribute to Prof Kamaiah. The editors and authors deserve rich compliments. - Prof. K L Krishna, Former Director, Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi, India I am so happy to hear that Dr. Kamaiah's colleagues and ex-students are bringing out a special volume of articles in his honor. Nothing can be more appropriate. Dr. Kamaiah, being a man of tremendous publications, deserves this tribute. I wish all the luck and success to the new book. - Prof. Kishore Kulkarni, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA

Essays in History

Essays in History
Author: Charles Poor Kindleberger
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780472110025

Classic Kindleberger: Engaging and stimulating reading on eclectic topics in finance, economics, and the life of this captivating author

Essays on Money, Banking, and Regulation

Essays on Money, Banking, and Regulation
Author: C.J.M Kool
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1461312639

Essays on Money, Banking and Regulation honors the interests and achievements of the Dutch economist Conrad Oort. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 - Fiscal and monetary policy - reviews a variety of topics ranging from the measurement of money to the control and management of government expenditures. Part 2 - International institutions and international economic policy - looks at the international dimension of monetary and fiscal policy, with extensive discussion of the International Monetary Fund and the European Monetary Union. Part 3 - The future of international banking and the financial sector in the Netherlands - is an insider's view of the strategic choices facing financial institutions in the near future. Finally, Part 4 - Taxation and reforms in the Dutch tax system - is closest to Oort's research and practice since he has become known as an architect of the 1990 Dutch tax reform; this part is dedicated in particular to the tax reforms suggested by Oort.

Trade, Growth, and Economic Policy in Open Economies

Trade, Growth, and Economic Policy in Open Economies
Author: Karl-Josef Koch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3662004232

Part 1 of this volume focusses on globalization. Gains from trade, international competitiveness, labour market issues in open economies, customs unions, dumping and intra-firm trade are the topics of this part. Part 2 puts a stronger emphasis on dynamic economics. Social income, intergenerational transfers, public pension systems, and bequest and gift motives in overlapping generation models are main topics. Economic policies are analyzed in Part 3, including the relation between wage rigidity and migration, several aspects of German financial and monetary policy, as well as tax competition. The volume concludes with institutional issues of globalization, a western view on eastern transition, social cost of rent seeking, and the evolution of social institutions.