Macroeconomic Interactions between North and South

by David Currie (Editor), David Vines (Editor)

Overview

This volume contains the proceedings of a September 1987 conference organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the International Economics Study Group. the volume focuses on the strategic aspects of North-South interactions; the authors include some of the leading contributors to the growing literature on strategic interactions among interdependent economies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521361217
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/26/1988
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of conference participants; 1. Introduction David Currie, Anton Muscatelli and David Vines; 2. An econometric investigation of North–South interdependence Michael Beenstock; Discussion Michael P. Dooley; 3. North–South interactions: a general-equilibrium framework for the study of strategic issues David Currie, David Vines, Thomas Moutos, Anton Muscatelli and Nic Vidalis; Discussion Paul Armington; 4. Commodities, debt and North–South cooperation: a cautionary tale from the structuralist camp Andrew Hughes Hallett; Discussion Ralph C. Bryant; 5. The use of commodity contracts for the management of developing country commodity risks Andrew Powell and Christopher Gilbert; Discussion Jorge Braga De Macedo; 6. An empirical study of disequilibrium in North–South trade S. Hossein Samiei; Discussion Youngil Lim; 7. Global savings, investment and adjustment: on micro- and macroeconomic foundations of North–South financial interdependence Rob Vos; Discussion Alasdair I. MacBean; 8. Brazil's growth prospects: domestic savings, external finance and OECD performance interactions Winston Fritsch; Discussion Adrian Wood; Index.