<DIV>The distinguished International Seminar on Macroeconomics (ISoM) has met annually in Europe for thirty years. The papers included in this volume discuss openness and the fall and rise of stock market correlations between 1890 and 2001; defaults, underwriters and sovereign bond markets between 1815...</div>

<DIV><DIV><P>The distinguished International Seminar on Macroeconomics (ISoM) has met annually in Europe for thirty years. The papers included in <I>ISoM 2006 </I>discuss the relationship between prices and productivity in the OECD; monetary policy impact on inflation and output; implications of rising government...</i></p></div></div>

The distinguished International Seminar on Macroeconomics has met annually in Europe for over thirty years. The topics covered in this year’s volume fall into four categories: exchange rates, global business cycles, the financial crisis, and unemployment and the Great Recession. The chapters...

<DIV>The inability of forecasters to predict accurately the 1990-1991 recession emphasizes the need for better ways for charting the course of the economy. In this volume, leading economists examine forecasting techniques developed over the past ten years, compare their performance to traditional...</div>