| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 595 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Volatility : definitions and consequences / Holger Wolf -- Volatility and growth / Viktoria Hnatkovska and Norman Loayza -- Volatility, income distribution, and poverty / Thomas Laursen and Sandeep Mahajan -- Agricultural commodity price volatility / Jan Dehn, Christopher Gilbert, and Panos Varangis -- Managing oil booms and busts in developing countries / Julia Devlin and Michael Lewin -- Finance and volatility / Stijn Claessens -- Evaluating pricing signals from the bond markets / John J. Merrick, Jr. -- Managing macroeconomic crises : policy lessons / Jeffrey Frankel and Shang-Jin Wei -- Lessons from the Russian crisis of 1998 and recovery / Brian Pinto, Evsey Gurvich, and Sergei Ulatov -- Argentina's macroeconomic collapse : causes and lessons / Luis Servén and Guillermo Perry -- Default episodes in the 1980s and 1990s : what have we learned? / Punam Chuhan and Federico Sturzenegger. |
| Summary |
This collection explores the phenomenon of economic volatility, which studies show had adverse effects on long-run growth, especially in poor countries. Its contribution is to bring together concepts, empirical results, and policy recommendations in a relatively new field in economics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Business cycles.
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Business cycles. |
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Financial crises.
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Financial crises. |
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Economic development.
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Economic development. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Aizenman, Joshua.
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Pinto, Brian.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Managing economic volatility and crises. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521855241 (DLC) 2005012972 (OCoLC)60323150 |
| ISBN |
0521855241 |
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9780521855242 |
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9780511139031 (electronic book ; ebrary) |
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0511139039 (electronic book ; ebrary) |
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0511140347 (electronic book) |
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9780511140341 (electronic book) |
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0511138288 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511138287 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511140037 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511140037 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511140808 (electronic book) |
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0511140800 (electronic book) |
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9786610309030 |
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6610309035 |
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