An argument that a rules-based reform of the international monetary system, achieved by applying basic economic theory, would improve economic performance. In this book, the economist John Taylor argues that the apparent correlation of monetary policy decisions among different countries--largely the result of countries' concerns about the exchange rate--causes monetary policy to deviate from ef…
Empirical studies and theoretical analyses examine the causes and consequences of disruptions in cross-border economic relationships, including political conflict, economic sanctions, and institutional collapse. Cross-border economic relationships gradually strengthened in the decades after World War II; for most of the postwar period, international trade and investment have grown faster than o…
Conference proceedings.Here, experts assess the role of central banks in responding to the recent financial crisis and in preventing future crises. The contributors focus on monetary policy, the new area of macroprudential policy, and issues of exchange rates, capital flows, and banking and financial markets.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Politics matter for financial markets and financial markets matter for politics, and nowhere is this relationship more apparent than in emerging markets. In this book, Santiso investigates the links between politics and finance in countries that have recently experienced both economic and democratic transitions. He focuses on elections, investigating whether there is a 'democratic premium' - wh…
The role of discursive power in shaping international relations analysed through the lens of whaling politics.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
An examination of the ways cyberspace is changing both the theory and the practice of international relations.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Top economists examine one of the key forces in globalization from a wide range of theoretical and empirical perspectives.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of NGOs on intergovernmental negotiations on the environment and identifying the factors that determine the degree of NGO influence, with case studies that apply the framework to negotiations on cl.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Papers presented at a conference cosponored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Bank for International Settlements, held on Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 2003, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.Leading academics and policymakers address the theory of market discipline and consider evidence across different industries and countries.The effectiveness of market discipline--the strong built-in…
"The Limits of Culture explores the effect of culture on foreign policy, focusing on countries in the geopolitically important Caspian region and paying particular attention to those states that have identified themselves as Islamic republics: Iran, Taliban Afghanistan, and Pakistan."--Jacket.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.