Monetary Economics Books

New and Published Books

1. Monetary Policy and Central Banking in the Middle East and North Africa

   Edited by David Cobham, Ghassan Dibeh

   Series: Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa

   This book examines monetary policy, central banking and exchange rate regimes in the Middle East and North Africa. Part I covers central banking and monetary policy, while Part II covers monetary policy and exchange rate regimes. Some chapters focus on the monetary frameworks of particular...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Macroeconomic and Monetary Policy Issues in Indonesia

   By Akhand Akhtar Hossain

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Following the acquisition of its sovereignty from the Netherlands in 1949, Indonesia experienced serious economic and political problems during the 1950s and 1960s, before entering a three-decade-long period of rapid economic growth. Hard-hit by the financial crisis of the late 1990s, Indonesia...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
3. Credit Cooperatives in India

   Past, Present and Future

   By Biswa Swarup Misra

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   Credit cooperatives in India make up one of the largest rural financial systems in the world. Playing a vital role in dispensing credit in largely agricultural areas, they are also the weakest link in the formal credit delivery system. This book provides a valuable case study of the traditional...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. Financial Integration in the European Union

   Edited by Roman Matoušek, Daniel Stavárek

   Series: Routledge Studies in the European Economy

   This edited collection assesses the level of financial integration in the European Union (EU) and the differences across the countries and segments of the EU financial system. Progress in financial integration is key to the EU’s economic growth and competitiveness and although it has advanced...

   Published March 11th 2012 by Routledge
5. Essentials of Advanced Macroeconomic Theory

   By Ola Olsson

   Series: Routledge Advanced Texts in Economics and Finance

   Trying to summarize the essentials of macroeconomic theory in the wake of the financial crisis that has shaken not only Western economies but also the macroeconomic profession is no easy task. In particular, the notion that markets are self-correcting and always in equilibrium appears to have taken...

   Published February 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. A Perspective of Wages and Prices (Routledge Revivals)

   By Henry Phelps Brown, Sheila V. Hopkins

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in book form in 1981, this collection of essays originally written between 1955 and 1966 contains ground-breaking research and analysis on the study of wages and prices across seven centuries, with particular reference to builder’s wage rates and the price of a bundle of the...

   Published January 23rd 2012 by Routledge
7. The Consumer, Credit and Neoliberalism

   Governing the Modern Economy

   By Christopher Payne

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   This book is an investigation into the economic policy formulation and practice of neoliberalism in Britain from the 1950s through to the financial crisis and economic downturn that began in 2007-8. It demonstrates that influential economists, such as F.A. Hayek and Milton Friedman, authors at key...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
8. Banking in Central and Eastern Europe 1980-2006

   From Communism to Capitalism

   By Stephan Barisitz

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

   Comparative in structure and covering an extensive number of transition countries in its survey, this comprehensive book overviews the development of the banking systems in Central and Eastern European since the communist era until the present time. Taking in a range of countries including Hungary,...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
9. Currency Convertibility

   The Gold Standard and Beyond

   Edited by Barry Eichengreen, Jaime Reis, Jorge Braga de Macedo

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   The spread of currency convertibility is one of the most dramatic trends of the late twentieth century. It reflects the desire of policymakers to integrate their economies into the global trading system and to attract financial capital and direct investment from abroad.In this book a team of...

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
10. Designing Central Banks

    Edited by David Mayes, Geoffrey E Wood

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

    The activities of central banks are relevant to everyone in society. This book starts by considering how and why in general central banks evolved and specifically the special aspects of the contribution of the Northern European Central Banking Tradition. With that foundation, the book will then...

    Published September 30th 2011 by Routledge