Bulletin Issue 26

Bulletin Issue 26 (April 1988) - Contents

In This Issue

· Highlights of this issue

Feature

· Labour Market Dynamics -"I'm going outside now - I may be unemployed for some time"

Lunchtime Meetings

The following Lunchtime Meetings were discussed in this issue:

· Dollar Swings - Trade Roundabouts

· 1992 - The Law of One Price

· European Household Structures - Plus ça Change

· Britain and the EMS - Fit to be Tied

· Exchange Rate Stabilization - Off the Peg

Books

· Interwar Unemployment in International Perspective

· Economic Policy 6

Discussion Papers

The following Discussion Papers were discussed in this issue:

· Wage Setting and Labour Market Adjustment in Europe, Japan and the USA by George S Alogoskoufis and Alan Manning

· Completing the Internal Market in the European Community: Some Industry Simulations by Alasdair Smith and Anthony J Venables

· Women's Wages in Full- and Part-Time Jobs in Great Britain by John F Ermisch and Robert E Wright

· International Monetary Cooperation under Tariff Threats by Giorgio Basevi, Flavio Delbono and V Denicolò

· Covered Interest Arbitrage and Market Turbulence: An Empirical Analysis by Mark P Taylor

· A Labour-Based Theory of International Trade by Patrick Minford

· Purchased Child Care, Optimal Family Size and Mother's Employment by John F Ermisch

· Resolving Debt Crises: An Historical Perspective by Barry Eichengreen

· Exchange Rates and Policy Coordination in an Asymmetric Model by Peter B Kenen

· The Swinging Dollar: Is Europe Out of Step? by Charles Wyplosz

· Did Tariffs Matter That Much? Ireland since the 1920s by Cormac O'Gráda

· Brazilian Debt: A Requiem for Muddling Through by Rudiger Dornbusch and Eliana A Cardoso

· Consumption and Capital Market Imperfection: An International Comparison by Tullio Jappelli and Marco Pagano

· The European Monetary System and the Franc-Mark Asymmetry by Daniel Cohen, Jacques Mélitz and Gilles Oudiz

· Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy: Impact Effects with a New Keynesian `Assignment' of Weapons to Targets by James Meade and David Vines

· Wealth Targets, Exchange Rate Targets and Macroeconomic Policy by Andrew Blake, David Vines and Martin Weale

· North-South Growth and the Terms of Trade by Hassan Molana and David Vines

· Counting the Cost of Voluntary Export Restrictions in the European Car Market by Caroline Digby, Alasdair Smith and Anthony J Venables

· Exchange Rates and the EMS: Assessing the Track Record by Michael J Artis and Mark P Taylor

· Decentralised Policies and Efficient Trade-Offs: An Essay on the Costs of Uncoordinated Fiscal and Monetary Policies by Andrew J Hughes Hallett and Maria Petit

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