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This volume contains papers in the broadly defined area of microeconomic theory presented to the International Economic Association Tenth World Congress in Moscow.

Explaining Growth attempts to compile the most comprehensive assessment of growth in developing and transition countries. In each region, studies were undertaken on sources of growth, markets and growth, microeconomic determinants of growth, and the political economy of growth.

A collection of essays presenting new insights into the analysis of public debt theory, recent historical episodes, econometric analyses and policy dilemmas and options. It also documents the perceptions of debt problems from viewpoints of national economies as well as the world economy.

The papers in this book examine the changes and the problems emerging in the New Europe, assess some of the forces at work and discuss various outcomes and solutions. The areas covered include labour market, including migration, unemployment, bargaining and industrial relations; the integration of eastern Europe in the New Europe;

'Economic Development with Special Reference to East Asia' was the theme of a conference held by the International Economic Association at Gamagori in Japan. The purpose of the conference was to bring together economists concerned with growth and developments who were working in the various countries of East Asia, and to enable them to meet and discuss mutual problems with a number of economists from outside the region.

Acknowledgements - List of Contributors - Abbreviations and Acronyms - INTRODUCTION - From the Use to the Production of Money: Monetary Theory and Economic Institutions: Theme and Outline of the Conference; M.de Cecco and J-P.Fitoussi - PART 1 MONETARY THEORY - The Foundations of Monetary Theory; F.H.Hahn - Rational Expectations and Monetary Institutions; A.Leijonhufvud - Classical and Keynesian Unemployment in the IS-LM Model; J-M.Grandmont - A Stock Adjustment Model of Income Determination with Inside Money and Private with some Preliminary Empirical Results for the United States; M.Anyadike-Danes and W.Godley - Money, Credit, and the Monetary Mechanism; F.Modigliani and L.Papademos - PART 2 INSTITUTIONS AND INFLATION - Inflation and Intermediation by Depository Institutions; D.D.Hester - Inflation and Structural Change in the Euro-Dollar Market; M.de Cecco - Monetary Institutions in a Planned Economy; O.Bogomolov - Inflation and Monetary Institutions in Developing Countries; M.Kuczynski - PART 3 PROBLEMS OF CONTROL - Monetary Policy in an Open Economy; J.Niehans - Public Debt and Rules of Monetary Growth: An Exercise in Monetarist Arithmetic; L.Spaventa - Competitive Capitalism as a System of Auto-Control; R.M.Goodwin - Structural Change and Monetary Policy in Latin America: Possible Lessons for other Developing Countries; V.L.Urquidi - Economic Prospect of the 1980s; N.Kaldor - Index

The new classical revolution seems to have transformed macroeconomics into the theory of economic fluctuations. It is, in a sense, a return to the origins of macroeconomics as a discipline as fashioned by Hayek, Keynes and Lindahl. It is this new scope - and the new tools that forge its expansion - that are surveyed and analysed in this volume.

]At a time of rapid change in Central and Eastern Europe, there is widespread interest in alternative forms of market economy. Is it possible to combine the best features of capitalism with the best features of socialism?

This insight informs this important, up-to-date and authoritative survey of new trends in growth economics and the widely divergent economic performance of developing countries - for example, between Latin America and South-east Asia - which seemed to be similarly placed just a generation ago.

Numerical Palaeobiology Computer-Based Modelling and Analysis of Fossils and their Distributions Edited by David A.T. Harper University of Copenhagen, Denmark Microcomputers have become an everyday part of the palaeobiologists tool-kit.

China has enjoyed a higher growth rate for a longer period than any other nation to date. This volume brings together leading economists to analyse this unprecedented economic boom, and discuss prospects for the future. Chapters address a wide range of issues, covering not only financial systems, but also the social and cultural impact of growth.

Preface - List of Contributors - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Acknowledgements - Scientific Programme Committee - Addresses at the Inaugural Session: Gerardo Ortega, President of the General Council of the Colleges of Economists of Spain, Victor L.Urquidi, President of the International Economic Association, 1980-83, Felipe Gonzalez, President of the Government of Spain - PART 1 INTRODUCTION; V.L.Urquidi - PART 2 PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE PLENARY SESSION; O.Bogomolov, F.Herrera, J.Lesourne, J.P.Lewis, H.M.A.Onitiri, L.A.Rojo & A.Sen - PART 3 COMMENT ON THE PAPERS OF THE PLENARY SESSION; J.Pajestka & L.B.M.Mennes - PART 4 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS OF THE CONGRESS - Addresses at the Closing Session: Abdon Fernandez Cabrero, Dean of the Colegio de Economistas, Madrid, Kenneth J.Arrow, President of the International Economic Association, 1983-86, Victor L.Urquidi, President of the International Economic Association, 1980-83, H.M. The King of Spain, Don Juan Carlos - Index

This is a compilation of the proceedings and papers presented at an international conference on the organization of economic institutions in a dynamic society which includes detailed comment and discussion sections following each lecture.

A compilation of papers given at a Conference of the International Economic Association analyze the world-wide experiences of incomes policy when, in the 1970s and early 1980s, this was seen as a crucial target for government.