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The eminent contributors (including Altshuler, Creedy, Freebairn, Gravelle, Heady, Kalb, Sørensen and Zodrow) investigate the beneficial directions for medium-term tax reform in the light of global developments and lessons from the latest taxation research. In addressing this issue, they review...
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In this enlightening book, John Berdell addresses the widely-held belief that classical economics distanced itself from policy issues and public debates regarding the effects of international trade on economic growth in advanced economies. He argues, through a detailed consideration of the...
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This title brings together the most significant modern contributions to the literature on globalization and inequality. The editor's selection, set in context by an authoritative introduction, uses broad analyses and important case studies to illustrate the impact on levels of inequality of...
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The horizontalist perspective is an extension of the post-Keynesian approach, that has hitherto focused on a theory of credit and money. This book extends horizontalism beyond its traditional boundaries and makes it consistent with the post-Keynesian theories of output and the open economy. The...
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Emissions taxes, tradeable emission permits and voluntary compliance policies are becoming the instruments of choice in controlling environmental problems at the national and international level. Careful design of these policies in second-best environments is a very important factor for their...
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Open economy macroeconomics is a major focus of research interest stimulated in part by the increasing interdependence of the world economy and by the move towards floating exchange rates. This important new book addresses several central issues in the macroeconomic theory of different forms of...
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Globalization and the Small Open Economy investigates the specific role of small open countries in a globalizing economic system and assesses the unique pressures and opportunities afforded them by globalization. Traditionally, in contrast to large countries, small open economies (SOEs) have...
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. Saving, asset-price inflation, and debt-induced deflation / Michael Hudson -- 7. Unit roots in macroeconomic time series and … Washington Consensus and (non-) development / Hansjörg Herr and Jan Priewe -- 10. Competition, low profit margin, low inflation …
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countries have adopted the New Consensus Monetary Policy since the early 1990s in an attempt to reduce inflation to low levels … the central bank. The objective of these rules is to achieve specific, or a range of, inflation targets … framework -- 10. The experience of inflation targeting since 1993 -- 11. Reflections on the Bank of Canada's monetary policy …
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operate at the level of full employment without provoking unmanageable inflation. They also contend that budget deficits do …pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Functional finance : the background -- pt. III. Assessing the inflation barrier -- pt …
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