Managing economic volatility and crises : a practitioner's guide /

Managing economic volatility and crises : a practitioner's guide /

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Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 595 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Business cycles.
Financial crises.
Economic development.
Business cycles.
Economic development.
Financial crises.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813708
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Other authors / contributors:Aizenman, Joshua.
Pinto, Brian.
ISBN:0521855241
9780521855242
9780511139031
0511139039
0511140347
9780511140341
0511138288
9780511138287
0511140037
9780511140037
9780511140808
0511140800
9780511510755
0511510756
9780521168595
0521168597
9786610309030
6610309035
1107155290
9781107155299
1280309032
9781280309038
0511301006
9780511301001
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Summary:This collection explores the phenomenon of economic volatility, which studies show had adverse effects on long-run growth, especially in poor countries. Its contribution is to bring together concepts, empirical results, and policy recommendations in a relatively new field in economics.
Other form:Print version: Managing economic volatility and crises. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521855241
Standard no.:9780521855242
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Overview
  • Part I. What is Volatility and Why Does it Matter?
  • 1. Volatility: Definitions and Consequences
  • 2. Volatility and Growth
  • 3. Volatility, Income Distribution, and Poverty
  • Part II. Commodity Prices and Volatility
  • 4. Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility
  • 5. Managing Oil Booms and Busts in Developing Countries
  • Part III. Finance and Volatility
  • 6. Finance and Volatility
  • 7. Evaluating Pricing Signals from the Bond Markets
  • Part IV. Managing Crises
  • 8. Managing Macroeconomic Crises: Policy Lessons
  • 9. Lessons from the Russian Crisis of 1998 and Recovery
  • 10. Argentina's Macroeconomic Collapse: Causes and Lessons
  • 11. Default Episodes in the 1980s and 1990s: What Have We Learned?
  • Technical Appendix
  • Index

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