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Balance-of-payments theory and the United Kingdom experience (Record no. 40850)

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International Standard Book Number 9780333566480
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Classification number 382.170941
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Personal name Thirlwall A P
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Title Balance-of-payments theory and the United Kingdom experience
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Edition statement 4th
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Macmillan Publishing Co.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1992
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Extent 437p
Dimensions xiii
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Price amount Rs. 4,781
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Formatted contents note Table of contents;<br/>Part 1 Balance-of-payments accounting and the foreign-exchange market: concepts of the balance of payments;<br/> the accounting balance of payments; balance-of-payments equilibrium;<br/> more on the concept of equilibrium; the foreign-exchange market;<br/> the demand for dollars;<br/> the supply of dollars; capital movements and speculation;<br/> the forward rate of exchange; types of exchange-rate regime;<br/> fixed versus flexible exchange rates; exchange rate reform.<br/> Part 2 The capital account of the balance of payments: the components of the capital account; official reserves; special drawing rights; the balancing item;<br/> the capital account and the net external wealth of the UK.<br/> Part 3 Exchange rate determination: theories of exchange rate determination;<br/> purchasing power parity; current balance model;<br/> the importance of theories of expectations formation; the Mundell-Fleming model;<br/> exchange rate overshooting models; the portfolio model of exchange rate determination; speculative bubble models of exchange rate determination;<br/> exchange rate determination - what have we learnt?;<br/> exchange rate systems and policies; fixed versus flexible exchange rates; types of exchange rate regime; controls on capital movements; exchange rate policy in the 1990s.<br/> Part 4 The balance of payments and the national economy: the integration of the balance of payments into the nationnal accounts;<br/> the conflict between balance-of-payments equilibrium and other objectives of economic policy; income equilibrium in an open economy and the foreign-trade multiplier;<br/> the foreign-trade multiplier relating imports to expenditure;<br/> the 'new' foreign-trade multiplier with foreign repercussions;<br/> balance-of-payments adjustment; the classical price-specie flow mechanism;<br/> the elasticity approach; the absorption approach; the monetary approach.<br/> Part 5 The elasticity approach to the balance of payments: the Marshall-Lerner condition derived; devaluation and the response of firms; lags and the J-curve effect;<br/> devaluation and inflation; payments imbalance in the World economy;<br/> devaluation and the terms of trade; the difficulties of measuring price elasticity’s.<br/> Part 6 The absorption approach to the balance of payments: the direct effect of devaluation on income; the direct effect of devaluation on absorption;<br/> the interaction between changes in income and changes in absorption;<br/> strengths and dangers of the absorption approach; the monetary aspects of balance-of-payments deficits; domestic credit expansion<br/> Part 7 The monetary approach to the balance of payments.<br/> Part 8 Simultaneous internal and external balance: internal and external balance under flexible exchange rates with no capital movements;<br/> internal and external balance under fixed exchange rate worth capital movements internal and external balance in an IS-LM curve framework;<br/> the use of monetary and fiscal policy under alternative exchange-rate regimes;<br/> the assignment of policies in the United Kingdom.<br/>(part contents).<br/>
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Topical term or geographic name entry element 1. Balance Of Payments - U K
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Personal name Gibson Heather D
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