{"product_id":"economic-policy-in-the-international-economy-essays-in-honor-of-assaf-razin-paperback-9780521178426","title":"Economic Policy in the International Economy; Essays in Honor of Assaf Razin (Paperback) 9780521178426","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEconomic Policy in the International Economy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in Honor of Assaf Razin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book contains fifteen major essays on international economics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElhanan Helpman (Edited by), Efraim Sadka (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521178426, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 3 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e486 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.71 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'Substantial changes in the international economy increasingly warrant a solid economic analysis and strong policy considerations. This great book meets the challenge by providing an excellent selection of articles dealing in a timely manner with frontier issues in finance, growth, taxation and political institutions in a global context. All contributions are original, well conceived and executed. The volume deserves a wide readership among economists, advanced students and those policy makers who seek a deep understanding of the international economy.' Klaus F. Zimmermann, IZA and University of Bonn, Germany\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book contains fifteen major essays on international economics. The authors investigate five principal themes: theory, and empirics, of financial issues in open economies; economic growth; public economies; and political economy. Written to honor Professor Assaf Razin of Tel Aviv and Cornell Universities on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, the essays pay close attention to policy issues as well as formal analysis. The contributors include renowned specialists in international economics based in North America, Europe, Israel, and China. This volume of advanced research will be of interest to scholars, policy makers, and advanced students alike.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Financial Issues in Open Economies: Theory: 1. Crises: the next generation? Paul Krugman\u003cbr\u003e 2. Solutions to the 'devaluation bias': some preventive measures to defend fixed exchange rates against self-fulfilling attacks Chi-Wa Yuen\u003cbr\u003e 3. Growth enhancing effects of bailout guarantees Aaron Tornell\u003cbr\u003e 4. Risk and exchange rates Maurice Obstfeld and Kenneth S. Rogoff\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Financial Issues in Open Economies: Empirics: 5. Economic integration, industrial specialization, and the asymmetry of macroeconomic fluctuations Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Bent E. Sorenson and Oved Yosha\u003cbr\u003e 6. Uncovered interest parity in crisis: the interest rate defense in the 1990s Robert P. Flood and Andrew K. Rose\u003cbr\u003e 7. When does capital account liberalization help more than it hurts? Carlos Arteta, Barry Eichengreen and Charles Wyplosz\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sources of inflation in developing countries Prakash Loungani and Phillip Swagel\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Economic Growth: Theory and Empirics: 9. Growth effects and the cost of business cycles Gadi Barlevy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Explaining economic growth Yair Mundlak\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Public Economies: 11. Simulating fundamental tax reform in the United States David Altig, Alan J. Auerbach, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Kent A. Smetters and Jan Walliser\u003cbr\u003e 12. The international macroeconomics of taxation and the case against European tax harmonization Enrique G. Mendoza\u003cbr\u003e 13. Home bias in portfolios and taxation of asset income Roger H. Gordon and Vitor Gaspar\u003cbr\u003e 14. Social dumping in the transformation process\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Political Economy: 15. Do political institutions shape economic policy? 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