Michele U. Fratianni Dominick Salvatore Michele Fratianni
The third volume in Greenwood's "Handbook of Comparative Economic Policies," this volume provides an overview and comparison of monetary policies in the United States and the world's leading industrial, or G-7, countries. Although monetary policy is one of the most powerful and frequently used means of combating inflation and unemployment and of promoting long-term economic growth, there are many unresolved questions pertaining to the theory and practice of monetary policy. Moreover, in a world becoming increasingly interdependent, monetary policies in each industrial country have...
The third volume in Greenwood's "Handbook of Comparative Economic Policies," this volume provides an overview and comparison of monetary policies i...
Focusing on the international dimension of macroeconomic policy, this handbook covers the main areas of modern macroeconomic policy in open economies. The emphasis is on policy applications rather than the development of economic theory. There are three basic goals: (1) an understanding of how economic theories affect actual policy making, (2) a description of the institutional and conceptual development of the international economy, and (3) an explanation of the way policy-making institutions deal with the so-called international economy.
The handbook consists of an introductory...
Focusing on the international dimension of macroeconomic policy, this handbook covers the main areas of modern macroeconomic policy in open economi...