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Central Bank Communication, Decision Making, and Governance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 327

Central Bank Communication, Decision Making, and Governance

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

Experts analyze the recent emphasis on central communication as an additional policy and accountability device.

Sustainability of Public Debt
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 280

Sustainability of Public Debt

In recent decades, governments have built up substantial public debt, which is often accompanied by a growing public sector and fiscal policies that neglect long-term considerations. The contributors to this CESifo volume consider whether the development of public debt in the United States and six EU countries is sustainable--that is, whether fiscal policies in these countries can be continued without creating the potential for government bankruptcy. The sustainability of public debt presents a challenge not only to public policy design but also to economic theory. This collection is the first book-length analysis of the theoretical foundations of public debt sustainability concepts and thei...

Public Capital Expenditure in OECD Countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 216

Public Capital Expenditure in OECD Countries

This text focuses on government investment in physical capital within a macroeconomic context, examining the consequences of the decline in public investment on such physical assets as infrastructure and the environment. A review of existing literature is included.

The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Central Banking
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 809

The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Central Banking

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The economic influence of central banks has received ever more attention given their centrality during the financial crises that led to the Great Recession, strains in the European Union, and the challenges to the Euro. The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Central Banking reflects the state of the art in the theory and practice and covers a wide range of topics that will provide insight to students, scholars, and practitioners. As an up to date reference of the current and potential challenges faced by central banks in the conduct of monetary policy and in the search for the maintenance of financial system stability, this Oxford Handbook covers a wide range of essential issues. The first ...

Inside the Un Security Council
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 241

Inside the Un Security Council

UN Security Council decisions impact billions of people and yet its formal rules are minimal and tell us little about how decisions are made. Instead, informal, and often unwritten practices, form the basis of negotiations. Inside the UN Security Council analyses informal practices within Security Council decision-making, both in general and focused on the case of Darfur in the west of Sudan, to pull back the curtain on decision-making. Security Council negotiations on Darfur are analyzed in depth across issue areas of agenda-setting, sanctions, referral to the International Criminal Court, and peacekeeping. One way of understanding these informal practices is via the lens of legitimation. T...

Fiscal Politics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 548

Fiscal Politics

Two main themes of the book are that (1) politics can distort optimal fiscal policy through elections and through political fragmentation, and (2) rules and institutions can attenuate the negative effects of this dynamic. The book has three parts: part 1 (9 chapters) outlines the problems; part 2 (6 chapters) outlines how institutions and fiscal rules can offer solutions; and part 3 (4 chapters) discusses how multilevel governance frameworks can help.

Structural Reforms
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 293

Structural Reforms

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-03-22
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book presents a selection of contributions on the timely topic of structural reforms in Western economies, written by experts from central banks, the International Monetary Fund, and leading universities. It includes latest research on the impacts of structural reforms on the market economy, especially on the labor market, and investigates the results of collective bargaining in theory and practice. The book also comprises case studies of structural reforms. A literature survey on the topic serves as a valuable source for further research. The book is written by and targeted at both academics and policy makers.

The Political Economy of Fiscal Reform in Central-Eastern Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 236

The Political Economy of Fiscal Reform in Central-Eastern Europe

'Frank Bönker has done a masterful job. . . This is probably the best book available on this important subject. and its significance is not limited to studies of postcommunist societies. It has important theoretical implications for everyone interested in the Political Economy of Policy Reform perspective within the field of comparative political economy.' - John L. Campbell, Slavic Review

Lessons from the Economics of Crime
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 251

Lessons from the Economics of Crime

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-10-04
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

Reporting on research in the United States, Europe, and South America, this book discusses such topics as a cost-benefit analysis of additional police hiring, the testing of innovative policy interventions through field experiments, imprisonment and recidivism rates, incentives and disincentives for sports hooliganism and much more.

Explaining Postconflict Reconstruction
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 225

Explaining Postconflict Reconstruction

The international community has donated nearly one trillion dollars during the last four decades to reconstruct post-conflict countries and prevent the outbreak of more civil war. Yet reconstruction has eluded many of these countries, and 1.9 million people have been killed in reignited conflict. Where did the money go? This book documents how some leaders do bring about remarkable reconstruction of their countries using foreign aid, but many other post-conflict leaders fail to do so. Offering a global argument that is the first of its kind, Desha Girod explains that post-conflict leaders are more likely to invest aid in reconstruction when they are desperate for income and thus depend on ai...