Maintaining and Restoring Balance in International Trade

by Fritz Machlup, William Fellner, Robert Triffin

Overview

Fourteen leading economists analyze the problem of imbalance in international payments and suggest corrective measures. Three general appraisals by William Fellner, Fritz Machlup, and Robert Triffin are followed by shorter technical papers on special issues by Fellner, Gottfried Haberler, Sir Roy Harrod, Harry G. Johnson, Peter B. Kenen, Alexandre Lamfalussy, Friedrich A. Lutz, Machlup, Jürg Niehans, Walters S. Salant, Tibor Scitovsky, James Tobin, Triffin, and Robert L. West.

Originally published in 1966.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691650470
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #2268
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter, pg. i
• Foreword, pg. v
• Preface, pg. vii
• The contributors, pg. x
• Contents, pg. xi
• 1. Introduction, pg. 1
• 2. Rules of the Game, Vintage 1966, pg. 11
• 3. In Search of Guides for Policy, pg. 33
• 4. The Balance-of-Payments Seesaw, pg. 85
• 5. On Limited Exchange-rate Flexibility, pg. 111
• 6. Adjustment, Employment, and Growth, pg. 123
• 7. The Speed of Adjustment, pg. 137
• 8. The Objectives of Economic Policy and the Mix of Fiscal and Monetary Policy Under Fixed Exchange Rates, pg. 145
• 9. Financing and Adjustment: The Carrot and the Stick, pg. 151
• 10. Limitations of Monetary and Fiscal Policy, pg. 157
• 11. Money Rates of Interest, Real Rates of Interest, and Capital Movements, pg. 161
• 12. The Capital Account in the Balance of Payments, pg. 167
• 13. Wage-and-Price Guideposts in the Context of Balance-of-Payments Adjustment, pg. 171
• 14. Capital Markets and the Balance of Payments of a Financial Center, pg. 177
• 15. Alternative Methods of Restoring Balance, pg. 197
• 16. Adjustment Responsibilities of Surplus and Deficit Countries, pg. 201
• 17. A Statistical Framework for Monetary and Income Analysis, pg. 213
• 18. Impact of the Adjustment Process on Developing Countries, pg. 223
• Notes on Terminology, pg. 243
• Index, pg. 255