Download or read book Essays on Financial System Inflation and Growth written by SangKun Bae and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation presents three essays on the financial system, inflation, and growth. The first essay investigates the relationships between financial development, inflation, and economic growth. The cross-section analysis finds that the relationship between inflation and financial development is negative and nonlinear. The time series analysis by stage of inflation crisis finds that further increases in inflation have negative effects on financial development and growth in the beginning of the inflation crisis, while these relationships vanish at the closing stage of the crisis. Thus, these relationships depend on the stage of inflation. This is an advantage in this study, since use of cross-section data can not analyze the relationship between the stage of inflation and financial development. It is also found that, despite during the crises, if the roles of loans to the private sector and of loans by commercial bank can be established, higher growth is occurred. The second essay examines the hypotheses concerning the effects of money on real output using long, low frequency data for Argentina and Brazil. The annual data for Argentina are from 1884 to 1996 and for Brazil are from 1912 to 1995. Study of these countries is particularly interesting, since over the last century their experience has included extended periods of low inflation, decades of high inflation, and periods of hyperinflation. It is found that a rise in money growth is associated with a decline in output in both countries--the opposite of the Tobin effect. The introduction of intercept dummy variables to capture periods of bank insolvencies in Argentina and Brazil indicated that such episodes have a distinct and negative influence on output that is not captured by changes in the growth rate of the money aggregates. The third essay applies an ARFIMA model to investigate long-run neutrality and long-run superneutrality with monthly data including hyperinflation periods in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru. It is found that industrial production series in Argentina and Brazil are fractionally integrated processes as well as three alternative monetary aggregates in Argentina and Peru. Furthermore, in an ARFIMA framework for test of long-run neutrality, the results suggest that long-run neutrality of money holds in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru. Moreover, Peruvian data support long-run superneutrality in the ARFIMA framework.

Download or read book La Rapresentatione di santo Alexo nuovamente ristampata written by and published by . This book was released on 1570 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Great Inflation written by Michael D. Bordo and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controlling inflation is among the most important objectives of economic policy. By maintaining price stability, policy makers are able to reduce uncertainty, improve price-monitoring mechanisms, and facilitate more efficient planning and allocation of resources, thereby raising productivity. This volume focuses on understanding the causes of the Great Inflation of the 1970s and ’80s, which saw rising inflation in many nations, and which propelled interest rates across the developing world into the double digits. In the decades since, the immediate cause of the period’s rise in inflation has been the subject of considerable debate. Among the areas of contention are the role of monetary policy in driving inflation and the implications this had both for policy design and for evaluating the performance of those who set the policy. Here, contributors map monetary policy from the 1960s to the present, shedding light on the ways in which the lessons of the Great Inflation were absorbed and applied to today’s global and increasingly complex economic environment.

Download or read book Macroeconomics Finance and Money written by Giuseppe Fontana and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on current issues of debate in the area of modern macroeconomics and money, written from (a broadly interpreted) post Keynesian perspective. The papers connect with Philip Arestis' contributions to macroeconomics and money, and pay tribute to his distinguished career.

Download or read book Money and Finance in Economic Growth and Development written by Ronald I. McKinnon and published by Marcel Dekker. This book was released on 1976 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook tracing the role of the monetary system and financial system in economic growth and development - covers financial policy in developing countries, the cost of inflation and approaches to deflation, the effects of economic integration and the international monetary system on local finance and monetary policy, and includes perspectives for coordination within the EC. References.

Download or read book Essays on the World Economy and Its Financial System written by Brigitte Granville and published by Skyhorse Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors from member organizations of the Tokyo Club discuss the topics "Reflections on the Economies of Three Major Western Players," "Assessment and Responses to Financial Turmoil," "In Search of an Exchange Rate Regime," and "Managing Risks in an Integrating World Financial System." Members of the Tokyo Club include the Brookings Institution (USA), IFO-Institut Fur Wirtschaftsforschung (Germany), Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (France), The Royal Institute of International Affairs (UK), and Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (Japan).

Download or read book Can It Happen Again written by Hyman Minsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 1933, the American financial and economic system collapsed. Since then economists, policy makers and financial analysts throughout the world have been haunted by the question of whether "It" can happen again. In 2008 "It" very nearly happened again as banks and mortgage lenders in the USA and beyond collapsed. The disaster sent economists, bankers and policy makers back to the ideas of Hyman Minsky – whose celebrated 'Financial Instability Hypothesis' is widely regarded as predicting the crash of 2008 – and led Wall Street and beyond as to dub it as the 'Minsky Moment'. In this book Minsky presents some of his most important economic theories. He defines "It", determines whether or not "It" can happen again, and attempts to understand why, at the time of writing in the early 1980s, "It" had not happened again. He deals with microeconomic theory, the evolution of monetary institutions, and Federal Reserve policy. Minsky argues that any economic theory which separates what economists call the 'real' economy from the financial system is bound to fail. Whilst the processes that cause financial instability are an inescapable part of the capitalist economy, Minsky also argues that financial instability need not lead to a great depression. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Jan Toporowski.

Download or read book The Future of Financial Systems and Services written by Edward P.M. Gardener and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays comprises a systematic collection of views from scholars and practitioners on the future of financial systems and services and reflects the fact that the financial industry worldwide is involved in a major restructuring process.

Download or read book Essays in Monetary Economics written by Harry Gordon Johnson and published by London : Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 1967 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays in Macroeconomic Policy written by Miranda S. Goeltom and published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama. This book was released on 2007 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays on Inflation written by Thomas M. Humphrey and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Finance and Growth written by Ross Levine and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper reviews, appraises, and critiques theoretical and empirical research on the connections between the operation of the financial system and economic growth. While subject to ample qualifications and countervailing views, the preponderance of evidence suggests that both financial intermediaries and markets matter for growth and that reverse causality alone is not driving this relationship. Furthermore, theory and evidence imply that better developed financial systems ease external financing constraints facing firms, which illuminates one mechanism through which financial development influences economic growth. The paper highlights many areas needing additional research"--NBER website

Download or read book Three Essays on Monetary Policy and Financial Development written by Xiaodai Xin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Both economic growth and stabilization require a well-functioning financial system, which includes the central bank and private financial institutions. This dissertation is comprised of three essays on monetary policy and financial development which are related to the roles of the central bank and private financial institutions. To better stabilize the economy, a central bank needs to formulate an optimal strategy for monetary policy and pursues an appropriate objective (targeting regime). In a forward-looking New Keynesian model with persistent output and inflation, the first essay (chapter 2) evaluates a broad hybrid targeting regime when the central bank operates under discretionary monetary policy. By employing the numerical analysis and comparing the performance of different targeting regimes, I find that the hybrid targeting regime yields a social loss closest to that under the optimal committed policy, generating a better outcome than other policy regimes. The second essay (chapter 3) provides new micro-level evidence for the positive relationship between financial development and economic growth based on a large sample of cross-country firm-level data. By examining an important micro channel through which financial development reduces the costs of external finance to firms, I find that firms that are more externally dependent grow faster in countries with more developed financial systems. The third essay (chapter 4) investigates the impact of external debt on long-term investment and its interaction with domestic financial intermediation in emerging markets. Extending the Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans model to a small open economy with the role of financial intermediation, I find that the overall effect of a high level of external debt on investment depends heavily on the degree of domestic financial intermediation. Using a large sample of panel data on 76 developing countries over the last three decades, the empirical results indicate that when a country's domestic banking sector develops to a certain degree, the high level of external debt facilitates investment.

Download or read book Financial Liberalization and Economic Development written by Ronald I. McKinnon and published by ICS Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Federal Reserve System Purposes and Functions written by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an in-depth overview of the Federal Reserve System, including information about monetary policy and the economy, the Federal Reserve in the international sphere, supervision and regulation, consumer and community affairs and services offered by Reserve Banks. Contains several appendixes, including a brief explanation of Federal Reserve regulations, a glossary of terms, and a list of additional publications.

Download or read book IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis written by Stanley Fischer and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005-08-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanley Fischer served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 1994 to 2001. IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis collects sixteen essays written for the most part during his time at the IMF, each updated with Fischer's later reflections on the issues raised. The IMF drew much criticism for some of its actions during Fischer's tenure, and he vigorously defends the "battlefield medicine" practiced by the IMF during a series of economic crises, which included the problems of economic transition in the former Soviet bloc and the Asian financial crisis. Fischer addresses the subsequent calls for reform of the international financial system and makes the case for the IMF as an international lender of last resort. The first section of essays, "The Role of the IMF and the Reform of the International Financial System," considers the IMF's role in the international financial system in light of the crises of the 1990s. The second section, "Macroeconomic Policy, Stabilization, and Transition," examines such topics as exchange rate regimes, inflation, and Eastern Europe's relation to the European Union. The final section, "Poverty and Development," reflects Fischer's basic belief that economic policies should explicitly target poverty reduction. These engaging and accessible essays will appeal not only to economics students, economists, and policymakers but also to the general reader interested in the international monetary system.

Download or read book Essays on Economic Policies and Economy of Financial Markets in Developing and Emerging Countries written by Weneyam Hippolyte Balima and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis focuses on some critical issues of the access to international financial markets in developing and emerging market economies. The first part provides a general overview of the macroeconomic consequences of one of the most market-friendly monetary policy regime--inflation targeting--using a meta-regression analysis framework. The second part analyses government bond market risk and stability. The last part investigates the disciplining effects of government bond market participation--bond vigilantes. In Chapter 1, the results indicate that the literature of the macroeconomic effects of inflation targeting adoption is subject to publication bias. After purging the publication bias, the true effect of inflation targeting appears to be statistically and economically meaningful both on the level of inflation and the volatility of economic growth, but not statistically significant on inflation volatility or real GDP growth. Third, differences in the impact of inflation targeting found in primary studies can be explained by differences in studies characteristics including the sample characteristics, the empirical identification strategies, the choice of the control variables, inflation targeting implementation parameters, as well as the study period and some parameters related to the publication process. Chapter 2 shows that the adoption of inflation targeting regime reduces sovereign debt risk in emerging countries. However, this relative advantage of inflation targeting--compared to money or exchange rate targeting--varies systematically depending on the business cycle, the fiscal policy stance, the level of development, and the duration of countries' experience with inflation targeting. Chapter 3 shows that remittances inflows significantly reduce bond spreads, whereas development aid does not. It also highlights that the effect of remittances on spreads arises in a regimes of lower developed financial system, higher degree of trade openness, lower fiscal space, and exclusively in non-remittances dependent regimes. Chapter 4 indicates that countries with credit default swaps contracts on their debts have a higher probability of experiencing a debt crisis, compared to countries without credit default swaps contracts. It also finds that the impact of credit default swaps initiation is sensitive to several structural characteristics including the level of economic development, the country creditworthiness at the timing of credit default swaps introduction, the public sector transparency, the central bank independence; and to the duration of countries' experiences with credit default swaps transactions. Chapter 5 shows that bond markets participation encourages government in developing countries to increase their domestic tax revenue mobilization. Finally, it finds that bond markets participation improves the mobilization of internal taxes, compared to tax on international trade, and reduces their instability. Chapter 6 shows that the presence of domestic bond markets significantly reduces financial dollarization in domestic bond markets countries. This effect is larger for inflation targeting countries compared to non-inflation targeting countries, is apparent exclusively in a non-pegged exchange rate regime, and is larger when there is a fiscal rule that constrains the conduct of fiscal policy. Finally, it finds that the induced drop in inflation rate and its variability, nominal exchange rate variability, and seigniorage revenue are potential transmission mechanisms through which the presence of domestic bond markets reduces financial dollarization in domestic bond markets countries.