Die Grundthese dieses Artikels lautet, daß kurzfristig auftretende Veränderungen der amerikanischen Geldpolitik, übertragen durch den internationalen Geldmarkt, die europäischen Staaten zu einer engeren Koordinierung ihrer Wechselkurs- und Geldpolitik zwang. Der Autor überprüft seine These...

This paper examines the extent to which economic crises facilitate the development of more effective regional institutions and whether such institutions can shield regions from crises. It compares six regional economic crises over the last four decades and the institution building - or decay -...

The Common Framework for Sovereign Debt Restructuring provides a process for easing debt burdens on low-income countries but has operated too slowly for the four countries that have so far sought relief under it. Official bilateral creditors that are not members of the Paris Club are often...