International Macroeconomics

Informationen zum Autor Peter J. Montiel is the Farleigh S. Dickinson '41 Professor of Economics at Williams College, and received his PhD from MIT. He has served as a Senior Policy Advisor at the IMF as well as Chief of the Macroeconomics and Growth Division of the Policy Research Department of the World Bank, and has provided expert counsel to a variety of regional development banks and central banks. He is the author of several books, including Development Macroeconomics, 3rd edition (with Richard Agenor, 2008) and Macroeconomics in Emerging Markets (2nd edition forthcoming), and numerous articles on international macroeconomics. Klappentext International Macroeconomics provides students with an analytically rigorous introduction to the impact of globalization on macroeconomics.* Presents an analytically rigorous introduction to the field and uniquely includes optional econometric studies* Provides a unified macroeconomic model to examine rigorously international macroeconomics and then focuses this model on historic cases, institutions, and specific countries, dealing with various types of macroeconomic crises* Provides a strong policy orientation by an author who worked for many years at the IMF* Is supported by a website with extensive solutions for the problem sets, PowerPoint slides, and an update on the 08-09 meltdown Zusammenfassung "Montiels book is indispensable for anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of International Macroeconomics. It presents a much more realistic picture than what is provided by other textbooks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Part 1 Foundations 1 1 An Overview of the Book 3 1.1 What is International Macroeconomics? 4 1.2 The International Macroeconomics Toolkit 9 1.3 The Contents of this Book 10 1.4 Summary 15 2 Open-economy Macroeconomic Accounting 17 2.1 The Balance of Payments Accounts 18 2.2 Sub-accounts in the Balance of Payments 22 2.3 Basic BOP Facts for the United States 29 2.4 The NIPA in an Open Economy: Aggregate Identities 31 2.5 Sectoral Identities 37 2.6 Summary 41 3 Macroeconomic Influences on the Foreign Exchange Market 46 3.1 Exchange Rate Concepts 47 3.2 Supply and Demand for Foreign Exchange 50 3.3 Relative Prices of Domestic and Foreign Goods: The Real Exchange Rate 52 3.4 Relative Returns on Domestic and Foreign Assets: Interest Parity Conditions 63 3.5 Central Bank Intervention in the Foreign Exchange Market: Exchange Rate Regimes 70 3.6 Summary 77 Appendix 3.1 Properties of Logarithms 80 4 The Macroeconomic Framework 82 4.1 Production Structure and Economic Agents 84 4.2 Equilibrium in the Market for Financial Assets 85 4.3 Equilibrium in the Market for Domestic Goods 91 4.4 Equations and Unknowns: Imposing Additional Structure 100 4.5 Summary 108 Appendix 4.1 The Marshall-Lerner Condition 109 Appendix 4.2 The Framework in Log-Linear Form 110 Part 2 Fixed Exchange Rates 113 5 The Classical Gold Standard 115 5.1 Evolution of the International Gold Standard 116 5.2 Central Bank Behavior under the Gold Standard 120 5.3 Summary 127 6 Gold Standard Macroeconomics 129 6.1 Short-Run Macroeconomics under the Gold Standard 130 6.2 Short-Run Comparative Statics 139 6.3 The Long-run Model 145 6.4 The Gold Standard as an International Monetary System 148 6.5 Summary 155 Appendix 6.1 The Gold Standard with Zero Capital Mobility 157 7 The Bretton Woods System 159 7.1 Evolution of the Bretton Woods System 160 7.2 Modeling Soft Pegs with Imperfect Capital Mobility 164 7.3 The Bond Market Equilibrium (BB) Curve 167 7.4 Properties of...

List of contents

Chapter 1. An Overview of the Book.
 
Chapter 2. Open-Economy Macroeconomic Accounting.
 
Chapter 3. Macroeconomic Influences on the Foreign Exchange Market.
 
Appendix 3.1 Properties of Logarithms.
 
Chapter 4. The Macroeconomic Framework.
 
Appendix 4.1 The Marshall-Lerner Condition.
 
Appendix 4.2 The Framework in Log-Linear Form.
 
Chapter 5. The Classical Gold Standard.
 
Chapter 6. Gold Standard Macroeconomics.
 
Appendix 6.1 The Gold Standard with Zero Capital Mobility.
 
Chapter 7. The Bretton Woods System.
 
Chapter 8. Macroeconomics under Soft Pegs and Imperfect Capital Mobility.
 
Appendix 8.1 Alternative Monetary Policy Regimes.
 
Chapter 9. Fixed Exchange Rates in a Financially Integrated World: Currency Crises and "Hard" Pegs.
 
Appendix 9.1 The Monetary Approach to the Balance of Payments (MABP).
 
Chapter 10. Floating Exchange Rates I: Transitory Shocks.
 
Appendix 10.1 The Asset Market Approach to the Exchange Rate.
 
Appendix 10.2 Algebraic Solution of the Log-linear Model.
 
Appendix 10.3 Interest Rate Targeting under Floating Exchange Rates.
 
Chapter 11. Floating Exchange Rates II: Intermediate and Permanent Shocks.
 
Chapter 12. Floating Exchange Rates III: Exchange Rate Dynamics.
 
Appendix 12.1 Proof that (St+1 / St) (Sbar / St) = lambda.
 
Chapter 13. Long-Run Equilibrium under Floating Exchange Rates.
 
Appendix 13.1 The Long Run Floating Rate Model in Log-Linear Form.
 
Appendix 13.2 Fixed Exchange Rates in the Long Run.
 
Chapter 14. Floating Exchange Rates with Short-Run Price Flexibility*.
 
Chapter 15. Choosing an Exchange Rate Regime.
 
Chapter 16.The International Financial Architecture.
 
Chapter 17. G-8 Policy Coordination.
 
Chapter 18. Monetary Unification.
 
Chapter 19. Intertemporal Issues in International Macroeconomics.

Report

"Montiel's book is indispensable for anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of International Macroeconomics. It presents a much more realistic picture than what is provided by other textbooks."
-Rodolphe Desbordes, University of Strathclyde
 
"This text's main strength is its unified approach, as it starts with a general model, and then considers special cases pertaining to particular countries, institutions, and historical time periods."
-Kenneth Kasa, Simon Fraser University
 
"Montiel's friendly style, clarity of exposition, and rigorous treatment of the international topics make this a strong textbook."
-David Shepherd, University of Westminster
 
"This text's exposition is very methodical, applying the method of comparative statics systematically for evaluating important contemporaneous policy issues as well as historical episodes."
-Watanabe Shinichi, International University of Japan

Product details

• Authors: Peter J Montiel, Peter J. Montiel, Montiel Peter J.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2009
• EAN: 9781405183864
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-8386-4
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 255 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Makroökonomie, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Economics, macroeconomics, Allg. Finanz- u. Anlagewesen, Finance & Investments, Finanz- u. Anlagewesen, Volks- u. Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Business & Corporate Economics