Bulletin Issue 38/39 (April/June 1990) - Contents

· Highlights of this issue

· The Transition to Monetary Union

The following publications were discussed in this issue:

· PHARE Papers

· Economic Policy 10

The following conferences were discussed in this issue:

· European Trade and Industry - The Impact of 1992

· Fiscal Aspects of European Economic Integration

The following workshops were discussed in this issue:

· Unemployment - Product and Labour Markets

· Financial and Monetary Integration into Europe

· Market Microstructure

· Economic History - European Productivity

The following meetings were discussed in this issue:

· Strategic Trade Policy

· Trading Systems in European Stock Exchanges

· Eastern Europe - Economic Reform in Hungary

· LDC Debt - The Secondary Market

The following Discussion Papers were discussed in this issue:

· Currency Bonds, Target Zones and Cash Limits: Thresholds for Monetary and Fiscal Policy by Marcus H Miller and Paul Weller

· Do Exporters Gain From VERs? by Jaime de Melo and L Alan Winters

· Cohort Size and Female Labor Supply by Siv Gustafsson

· Financial Market Integration, Macroeconomic Policy and the EMS by William H Branson

· The Implications of British Macroeconomic Policy in the 1930s for Long Run Growth Performance by Stephen N Broadberry and Nicholas F R Crafts

· The US-Japan Semiconductor Agreement by Richard E Baldwin

· Spain and the `EEC cum 1992' Shock by José Viñals

· The EMS, Spain and Macroeconomic Policy by José Viñals

· Exchange Rate Regimes and the Persistence of Inflation by George S Alogoskoufis

· Why is Trade Reform So Unpopular? by Dani Rodrik and Raquel Fernandez

· How Broad Should the Scope of Patent Protection Be? by Paul Klemperer

· Target Zones and International Policy Coordination: The Contrast Between the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Success by Andrew J Hughes Hallett

· A Positive Theory of Social Security by Guido Tabellini

· Participation in a Currency Union by Alessandra Casella

· Can Small Entry Barriers Have Large Effects on Competition? by Paul Seabright

· Supply Side Uncertainty and Effects of Government Financing Decisions by Seppo Honkapohja and Urho Lempinen

· Target Zones and Realignments by Giuseppe Bertola and Ricardo J Caballero

· Industrial Organization and Trade Liberalization: Evidence from Korea by Jaime de Melo and David Roland-Holst

· Productivity and Externalities: Models of Export-Led Growth by Jaime de Melo and Robinson

· Welfare Costs of US Quotas in Textiles, Steel and Autos by Jaime de Melo and David Tarr

· Premature Liberalization, Incomplete Stabilization: The Ozal Decade in Turkey by Dani Rodrik

· Deregulation of Scandinavian Airlines: A Case Study of the Oslo-Stockholm Route by Victor D Norman and Siri P Strandenes

· Import Surveillance as a Strategic Trade Policy by L Alan Winters

· Unresolved Issues on the Road to EMU in Europe by Peter Bofinger

· Growth Oriented Adjustment Programs: A Reconsideration by David Vines

· Re-Interpreting the Failure of Foreign Exchange Market Efficiency Tests: Small Transaction Costs, Big Hysteresis Bands by Richard E Baldwin

· Debt, Deficits and Inflation: An Application to the Public Finance of India by Willem H Buiter and Jayendu Patel

· Credibility, Ambiguity and Asymmetric Information with Wage/Price Stickiness by Paul Levine and Joseph Pearlman

· Changing Trends in International Manufacturing Productivity by Jane Darby and Simon Wren-Lewis