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A comprehensive overview of current research in the field of trade, payments and debt. Grossman and Helpman provide a non-technical review of the literature on technological deteminants of trade. Thisse and Fujita discuss current work on the spatial configuration of economic activities. Robert Findlay tracks world trade from 1000 to 1750, while Robert Baldwin surveys the impact of international trading alliances. In his Presidential paper, the World Bank Vice-President Michael Bruno looks at the pattern of debt crises and economic recovery. The sustainability of external debt in Africa is examined by Daniel Cohen. Alberto Giovannini's argues the case for flexible exchange rates.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary Economic Issues
Book Subtitle: Trade, Payments and Debt
Editors: Daniel Cohen
Series Title: International Economic Association Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26084-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: International Economic Association 1998
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-26086-7Published: 01 January 1998
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-26084-3Published: 27 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-6330
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 193
Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Economics, general, International Economics