What is the role of supply and demand forces in determining movements in international banking flows? Answering this question is crucial for understanding the international transmission of financial shocks and formulating policy. This paper addresses the question by using the method developed in...

"This book considers strategic and economic relations - as well as alliances and the significance of the incoming US administration for global relations - in matters not just related to trade and security, but also financial stability. It also it emphasizes the importance of regulatory...

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction and overview Philipp Hartmann, Haizhou Huang and Dirk Schoenmaker; Part I. Monetary Economics and Policy: 2. Money: how could economists do without it? Mervyn King; 3. Monetary control in the UK: the impossible dream? Forrest Capie and Geoffrey...

Introduction -- Mexico : there's no wall against US financial crises -- Brazil : national politics meets the Federal Reserve meets China -- China : dragon rising -- Japan : conjured money incubator -- Europe Part I : the Trichet files -- Europe Part II : the Draghi files -- Conclusion : the end...

How to Make Finance a Force for Good Just as Thomas Piketty offered a sweeping critique and progressive reassessment of capitalism, former World Bank Group chief financial officer Bertrand Badre looks at the destructive role finance played in the global economic crisis of 2007-2008 and offers a...

What is wrong with the IMF? -- Governance and decision-making -- Surveillance -- Lending and conditionality -- Capacity development -- Democratize governance and decision making -- Diversify the IMF staff -- Commit to inclusive growth -- Enhance multilateral partnerships -- Closing the hypocrisy gap

Introduction: the BRICS as a club -- Global power shift: the BRICS, building capabilities for influence -- BRICS collective financial statecraft: four cases -- Motives for BRICS collaboration: views from the five capitals -- Conclusion: whither the BRICS?

What will be the future impact of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB), two multilateral banks created in 2014 outside the established Bretton Woods system, on multilateral lending shares?

Im vergangenen Jahr haben die BRICS-Staaten (Brasilien, Russland, Indien, China und Südafrika) die New Development Bank und asiatische Staaten die Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) gegründet. Beide Entwicklungsbanken werden umfangreich vom chinesischen Staat finanziert. Sie stehen in...

What will be the future impact of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB), two multilateral banks created in 2014 outside the established Bretton Woods system, on multilateral lending shares?

Problems & contradictions of central banking -- Evolution of central banking: functions, targets & tools -- Central bank independence: but from whom? -- Hamilton's curse: the 1st bank of the United States -- The 2nd US bank & the depression of 1837-43 -- National banking goes bust: three crashes...

Crises, change, and productive incoherence -- Introduction: contesting continuity -- Productive incoherence : a hirschmanian perspective -- Setting the stage -- The east asian financial crisis and neoliberalism : the beginning of the end of a unified regime -- The global crisis and innovations...

"$UPERHUBS is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how the world's most powerful titans, the "superhubs" pull the levers of our global financial system. Combining insider's knowledge with principles of network science, Sandra Navidi offers a startling new perspective on how superhubs build their...

The world economy -- International monetary measures -- The exchange rate and competitiveness -- Consumption, saving and investment -- Saving, investment and capital flows -- Interest parity -- The government budget and fiscal policy -- The Central Bank and monetary policy -- Macroeconomic...