International adjustment and financing : the lessons of 1985-1991

Author(s)

• Bergsten, C. Fred

Bibliographic Information

International adjustment and financing : the lessons of 1985-1991

C. Fred Bergsten, editor

Institute for International Economics, 1991

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume reports a conference held at the Institute for International Economics to assess the results of the adjustment process in the major surplus and deficit countries. The work outlines the results of the efforts made by the United States, Japan and Germany to correct their trade imbalances over the last few years. The authors assess the effectiveness of macroeconomic policies and currency changes in promoting adjustment in these major surplus and deficit countries. The final chapter of this book has appeared as a discrete text entitled "Has the Adjustment Process Worked?" by Paul Krugman and it constitutes Number 33 in the Policy Analyses in International Economics series. The contributors include C. Fred Bergsten; William R. Cline; Richard N. Cooper; Peter Hooper; Peter B. Kenen; Pual R. Krugman; Robert Z. Lawrence; Allen J. Lenz; Stephen Marris; Richard C. Marston; Robert A. Mundell; Peter A. Petri; Horst Schulmann; Herbert Stein; Norbert Walter; John Williamson; Masaru Yoshitomi.

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Details

• NCID: BA13635439
• ISBN:
  • 0881321427
  • 0881321125
• LCCN: 91040029
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 335 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HF1014
  • DC20 : 382/.17
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Balance of trade -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Foreign exchange administration -- Congresses