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1 online resource (viii, 472 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Routledge library editions. Economics ; 60
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International economics ; volume 11
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Routledge library editions. Economics ; 60.
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International economics ; volume 11.
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| Note |
Facsim of ed. published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1966. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; LIST OF GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF T-ACCOUNT SETS AND MODELS; Part One FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; Introduction to Part One; I. The Theory of Foreign Exchanges; II. Elasticity Pessimism in International Trade; III. Three Concepts of the Balance of Payments and the So-Called Dollar Shortage; IV. Dollar Shortage and Disparities in the Growth of Productivity; V. Equilibrium and Disequilibrium: Misplaced Concreteness and Disguised Politics. |
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VI. Comments on ""the Balance of Payments""VII. The Mysterious Numbers Game of Balance-of-Payments Statistics; Part Two THE EFFECTS OF DEVALUATION; Introduction to Part Two; VIII. Relative Prices and Aggregate Spending in the Analysis of Devaluation; IX. The Terms-of-Trade Effects of Devaluation upon Real Income and the Balance of Trade; Part Three GOLD AND FOREIGN RESERVES; Introduction to Part Three; X. Eight Questions on Gold; XI. A Proposal to Reduce the Price of Gold; XII. The Fuzzy Concepts of Liquidity, International and Domestic. |
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XIII. Further Reflections on the Demand for Foreign ReservesPart Four REFORM PLANS; Introduction to Part Four; XIV. Plans for Reform of the International Monetary System; Part Five CAPITAL MOVEMENTS AND THE TRANSFER PROBLEM; Introduction to Part Five; XV. The Transfer Problem: Theme and Four Variations; XVI. Foreign Debts, Reparations, and the Transfer Problem; XVII. Transfer and Price Effects; XVIII. The Transfer Problem: Income Effects and Price Effects; XIX. The Transfer Problem Revisited; XX. Capital Movements and Trade Balance; Index. |
| Summary |
Containing Fritz Machlup's papers on international finance spanning thirty years, this volume includes pieces translated into English for the first time. Focussing on the theme of the balance of payments, the work is structured as follows: Foreign Exchanges and Balance of Payments, The Effects of Devaluation, Gold and Foreign Reserves, Capital Movements and the Transfer Problem. An introduction to each section by the author is included. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Balance of payments.
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Balance of payments. |
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Monetary policy.
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Monetary policy. |
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International finance.
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International finance. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Machlup, Fritz, 1902-1983.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: International monetary economics 0415313600 (OCoLC)51781683 |
| ISBN |
9781136514227 (electronic book) |
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1136514228 (electronic book) |
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0415313600 |
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9780415313605 |
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