This study investigates the econometric properties of the demand for money function as it affects monetary policy. Particular emphasis is placed throughout on the general properties of conventional and alternative demand for money specifications and on the predictability of that demand over time.

The most recent account of what is going on in the fast changing world and Chinese economics. Topics in the book include economic development, banking and finance, education reform, consumption patterns, the impact of social networking, population dynamics, policy making, and the challenges ahead for the rising economic global superpower.

Brazil is the most populous economy in Latin America today with the second highest GDP among the emerging BRIC economies, after China, and the second per capita GDP among the BRIC economies after Russia . The objective of the proposed book is to provide a thorough historical, statistical, and institutional description of the Brazilian economy along with a most recent account of what is presently going on in Brazil and the type of economy from which Brazil is emerging. The topics addressed in this book will increase the reader's awareness of the institutional economic and cultural forces that...