1st Edition

The Macroeconomics of Global Imbalances European and Asian Perspectives

Edited By Marc Uzan Copyright 2009
160 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is the result of a workshop on the effects of globalization on Asian and European countries, organized by Marc Uzan and the Austrian Ministry of Finance in April 2006. Bringing together key academics, policy makers and private market participants, these chapters cover the current debate of global imbalances and the way to resolve the disequilibrium in the international monetary system... Read more

Introduction Marc Uzan and Kurt Bayer  1. Issues for the Europe-Asia Monetary and Financial Dialogue Richard Portes  2. A Few Thoughts on Global Imbalances Jacques de Larosière  3. A World out of Balance? Angel Ubide  4. Global Imbalances and Regional Monetary Cooperation Josef Christl  5. Global Imbalances and East Asia’s Policy Adjustments Yung Chul Park  6. Global Imbalances and Regional Monetary Cooperation Charles Wyplosz  7. Global Payments Imbalances and East Asia’s Monetary and Financial Cooperation Hiro Kawai  8. Asia is Learning the Wrong Lessons from Its 1997-98 Financial Crisis: The Rising Risks of a New and Different Type of Financial Crisis in Asia Nouriel Roubini  9. Asia Future Currency Arrangements: The Indonesian View Miranda Goeltom  10. Regional Financial Arrangements in Asia Jeffrey Shafer  11. Six Notable Features of Macroeconomic Performance in Post-crisis Asia Shinji Takagi

Biography

Marc Uzan is Executive Director and founder of the Reinventing Bretton Woods committee, a think tank focusing on the international financial architecture issues through a regular dialog between markets and governments. He is the author of Financial System Under Stress (1996) and co-editor with Dominic Wilson of the book Private Capital Flows (2000) also published by Routledge.