This title does focus on multinational corporations and present the most important articles seeking to explain the reasons for their appearance, their growth and their effects on both host and home countries and the world economy. They ...
The question of free banking – or laissez-faire in money – raises fundamental theoretical, historical and normative issues. Discussions of free banking contemplate the consequences of abolishing government central banks, and allowing un...
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The last 20 years have seen severe macroeconomic instability in Britain, with three extreme ...
This major reference collection presents in an accessible form the key articles and papers on the theory and history of financial crises. It includes both classic and contemporary writings on domestic financial crises, the transmission o...
This important two volume reference work comprises the most important articles and papers on the history of industrial finance and capital formation from the 18th century to World War I. It covers all the main regions of the world with s...
Protectionism has been an enduring feature in the world economy even though economic theory can prove that free trade is a superior regime. Protectionism is, of course, caused primarily by interest groups who lose out under free trade a...
Black markets, rationing, shortages – these and other issues are covered in this important collection which presents a selection of the best literature on the impact of price controls on wages, investment and real output in the short and...
Until 1973 all money in use was either a commodity or was linked to one. In this comprehensive two volume reference work Anna J. Schwartz has brought together the key articles on the theme of commodity monies. This invaluable collection ...
This important reference collection presents the leading papers on theoretical and empirical modelling of exchange rates.
Volume I: Exchange Rate Determination: Theory and Evidence, consists of four sections. Section 1 contains "grou...
This title is concerned with periods of very rapid inflation in the period before 1950 and shifts the emphasis from hyperinflation as commonly defined to a wider range of experience. It examines the source and origins of these inflation...
This important title presents the key articles which illuminate the history and development of international investment during the past 100 years. It examines theoretical approaches to both direct and portfolio foreign investment. The ...
The stock market crash of 1987 combined with scandals in the world''s major financial centres has focused both public and academic attention on the importance of regulation. David Gowland critically appraises the methods of regulating f...
