Money, crises, and transition : essays in honor of Guillermo A. Calvo / edited by Carmen M. Reinhart, Carlos A. Vegh, Andres Velasco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calvo, Guillermo A.

Reinhart, Carmen M.

Végh Gramont, Carlos A., 1958-

Velasco, Andrés.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monetary policy.

Foreign exchange rates.

Financial crises.

International finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essays by prominent scholars and policymakers honor one of the most influential macroeconomists of the last thirty years discussing the themes behind his work.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy in Theory; 1 Pricing-to-Market, the Interest-Rate Rule, and the Exchange Rate; 2 Optimal Exchange Rate Regimes: Turning Mundell-Fleming's Dictum on Its Head; 3 Monetary Policy Rules, the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level, and (Almost) All that Jazz: In Quest of Simplicity; II Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy in Practice; 4 Can Inflation Targeting Working Emerging Market Countries?; 5 Why Should Emerging Economies Give up National Currencies? A Case for ''Institutions Substitution''

6 Hard Currency Pegs and Economic Performance III Financial Crises; 7 Asset Prices and Self-Fulfilling Macroeconomic Pessimism; 8 The Center and the Periphery: The Globalization of Financial Turmoil; 9 Why Do Some Countries Recover More Readily from Financial Crises?; IV Debt, Taxation, and Reforms; 10 Government Debt: A Key Rolein Financial Intermediation; 11 Capital Income Taxation in the Globalized World; 12 Can Public Discussion Enhance Program ''Ownership''?; V Transition and Growth; 13 Sources and Obstacles for Growth in Transition Countries: The Role of Credit

14 Growth in Transition Economies: Domestic Policies, External Assistance, and Institution Building15 Growth Collapses; VI The Man Behind the Mind; 16 The Columbia Years; 17 The Practitioner; 18 In His Own Words: AnInterview with Guillermo Calvo; Publications of Guillermo A.Calvo; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

"Publications of Guillermo A. Calvo": p. [463]-469.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262310055

0262310058

9780262282284

0262282283

9781435677234

1435677234

OCLC:

273057427