The Current Account and Foreign Debt

1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-09401-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 511 g

It is generally assumed that current deficits are intrinsically bad and in need of correction. The Current Account and Foreign Debt argues that this is not always the case. The author analyses a broad range of issues in support of this argument. These include:

* Approaches to current account balance
* Short run issues
* Longer run issues
* Policy

The book can be read as an integrated whole, or alternatively, each chapter can be consulted without reference to the others. The Current Account and Foreign Debt provides the counterbalance to a common misapprehension in economic theory. It will be a valuable guide for all those interested in international monetary theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pitchford, John

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Besteuerung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationale Finanzmärkte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Internationale Finanzmärkte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and acknowledgements Part I Introduction 1 External balance 2 The evolution of approaches to the current account balance Part II Short run issues 3 Devaluation and the trade balance 4 Macroeconomic theory Part III Longer run issues 5 Optimal responses of expenditure and debt 6 Foreign investment 7 Sustainability of private sector foreign indebtedness Part IV Policy 8 Macroeconomic policy in an open economy 9 Sovereign default risk and the social cost of foreign debt 10 Overview of policy issues

Über Autor(innen)

Professor John Pitchford has held a chair of economics at the Australian National University since 1965. His fields of interest include population economics, inflation, economic growth and international monetary economics.