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Economic theory and financial policy : selected essays of Jacques J. Polak, 1994-2004

Title
Economic theory and financial policy : selected essays of Jacques J. Polak, 1994-2004 / Jacques J. Polak ; edited by James M. Boughton.
Author
Polak, J. J. (Jacques Jacobus), 1914-2010.
Publication
Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe, [2005], ©2005.

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Boughton, James M.
Description
xx, 290 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"This collection of essays, published under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund, brings together the most current writings of one of the founders of modern open-economy macroeconomics."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • International Monetary Fund
  • International finance
  • International economic relations
  • Foreign exchange
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / James M. Broughton -- 1. The essence of Bretton Woodds : monetary cooperation -- 2. The international monetary issues of the Bretton Woods era : are they still relevant? -- 3. Fifty years of exchange rate research and policy at the International Monetary Fund -- 4. The IMF and its EMU members -- 5. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund : a changing relationship -- 6. The Articles of Agreement of the IMF and the liberalization of capital movements -- 7. Should the SDR become the sole financing technique for the IMF? -- 8. Streamlining the financial structure of the International Monetary Fund -- 9. International liquidity and the role of the SDR in the international monetary system / Jacques J. Polak and Peter P. Clark -- 10. The IMF monetary model at 40 -- 11. The two monetary approaches to the balance of payments : Keynesian and Johnsonian -- 12. Is APEC a natural regional trading bloc? : a critique of the 'gravity model' of international trade -- 13. Financial relations between the Netherlands and Belgium : 1943 to 1993 -- 14. Repairing the international monetary system : an unfinished task?
ISBN
0765616149 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2004018548
  • V8-K59516
OCLC
  • 56108688
  • ocm56108688
  • SCSB-5171425
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries