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Devaluing to prosperity [[electronic resource] ] : misaligned currencies and their growth consequence / / Surjit S. Bhalla
| Devaluing to prosperity [[electronic resource] ] : misaligned currencies and their growth consequence / / Surjit S. Bhalla |
| Autore | Bhalla Surjit S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.4/142 |
| Soggetto topico |
Devaluation of currency
Economic development - Developing countries International trade Foreign exchange rates Monetary policy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-88132-651-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Ch 1. Introduction ""; ""What Determines Growth: Geography? Technology? Policy?""; ""The Primacy of Exchange Rate Policy""; ""A Guide to the Book""; ""Ch 2. Determinants of Economic Growth""; ""The Historical Context""; ""Some Explanations of Growth""; ""Growth since 1950""; ""Popular Theories""; ""Growth Policies: The Washington Consensus""; ""Ch 3. Currency Valuation, Savings, and the Current Account ""; ""Currency Valuation and Savings""; ""Current Account Balance and Growth""; ""Currency Valuation and the Current Account""
""Ch 4. Measuring Currency Valuation """"Equilibrium Exchange Rates""; ""Real Exchange Rates""; ""Currency Misalignments""; ""Real Exchange Rates and Income""; ""Different Measures of Currency Valuation""; ""Income, Currency Valuation, and Growth: A Review""; ""Ch 5. The Yin and Yang of Investment ""; ""Currency Valuation and Investment""; ""Investment Impact of Currency Devaluation""; ""Investment as the Channel of Influence""; ""Ch 6. Is the Real Exchange Rate Endogenous? ""; ""An Endogenous Real Exchange Rate: The Theory""; ""The Impossible Trinity""; ""Passive Devaluation"" ""Changes in Currency Valuation, 1980-2011""""Is China a Currency Manipulator?""; ""In Summary""; ""Ch 7. Rashomon Rules: US Dollar, Euro Dollar""; ""US Current Account Deficit""; ""Valuations of the Dollar""; ""Currency Valuations and the US Current Account Deficit""; ""Whither the Dollar?""; ""Ch 8. Currency Valuation and Growth ""; ""Overview""; ""Econometric Models of Growth""; ""Tests of Simple Growth Models""; ""Conclusion""; ""Ch 9. Policy Failures and Growth Miracles ""; ""Growth Successes and Failures""; ""Explanations for Failure""; ""Structural Breaks in Growth"" ""Explaining Growth Acceleration""""Ch 10. Mercantilism and Miracles ""; ""Defining Mercantilism""; ""Mercantilism and Growth""; ""Miracle Economies""; ""Ch 11. Institutions versus Exchange Rate Policy ""; ""The Conventional Wisdom""; ""New Evidence""; ""Institutional Measures""; ""Institutions and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence""; ""Ch 12. Currency Undervaluation: A Time-Tested Policy for Growth ""; ""Nineteenth-Century Exchange Rates""; ""Tariffs and Growth""; ""The Yen Exchange Rate in 1950""; ""Ch 13. Economics of the Yen and the Renminbi ""; ""Japan in the 1980's and China in the 2010's"" """China Is Different""; ""Revisiting Paul Samuelson""; ""Ch 14. Changing Times, Changing Views ""; ""Currency Wars""; ""Why Currency Undervaluation?""; ""Evidence of Malfunctions and Imbalances""; ""The Seductive Appeal of Currency Undervaluation""; ""One Country's Ceiling Is Another Country's Floor's Evidence on Stolen Growth""; ""Breaking the Cycle""; ""Ch 15. Conclusion ""; ""Currency Undervaluation Affects Investment and Generates Growth ""; ""The Dual of Currency Undervaluation Is Currency Overvaluation"" ""The Real Exchange Rate Can Be Influenced by the Nominal Exchange Rate "" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462150503321 |
Bhalla Surjit S
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| Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Devaluing to prosperity [[electronic resource] ] : misaligned currencies and their growth consequence / / Surjit S. Bhalla
| Devaluing to prosperity [[electronic resource] ] : misaligned currencies and their growth consequence / / Surjit S. Bhalla |
| Autore | Bhalla Surjit S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.4/142 |
| Soggetto topico |
Devaluation of currency
Economic development - Developing countries International trade Foreign exchange rates Monetary policy |
| ISBN | 0-88132-651-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Ch 1. Introduction ""; ""What Determines Growth: Geography? Technology? Policy?""; ""The Primacy of Exchange Rate Policy""; ""A Guide to the Book""; ""Ch 2. Determinants of Economic Growth""; ""The Historical Context""; ""Some Explanations of Growth""; ""Growth since 1950""; ""Popular Theories""; ""Growth Policies: The Washington Consensus""; ""Ch 3. Currency Valuation, Savings, and the Current Account ""; ""Currency Valuation and Savings""; ""Current Account Balance and Growth""; ""Currency Valuation and the Current Account""
""Ch 4. Measuring Currency Valuation """"Equilibrium Exchange Rates""; ""Real Exchange Rates""; ""Currency Misalignments""; ""Real Exchange Rates and Income""; ""Different Measures of Currency Valuation""; ""Income, Currency Valuation, and Growth: A Review""; ""Ch 5. The Yin and Yang of Investment ""; ""Currency Valuation and Investment""; ""Investment Impact of Currency Devaluation""; ""Investment as the Channel of Influence""; ""Ch 6. Is the Real Exchange Rate Endogenous? ""; ""An Endogenous Real Exchange Rate: The Theory""; ""The Impossible Trinity""; ""Passive Devaluation"" ""Changes in Currency Valuation, 1980-2011""""Is China a Currency Manipulator?""; ""In Summary""; ""Ch 7. Rashomon Rules: US Dollar, Euro Dollar""; ""US Current Account Deficit""; ""Valuations of the Dollar""; ""Currency Valuations and the US Current Account Deficit""; ""Whither the Dollar?""; ""Ch 8. Currency Valuation and Growth ""; ""Overview""; ""Econometric Models of Growth""; ""Tests of Simple Growth Models""; ""Conclusion""; ""Ch 9. Policy Failures and Growth Miracles ""; ""Growth Successes and Failures""; ""Explanations for Failure""; ""Structural Breaks in Growth"" ""Explaining Growth Acceleration""""Ch 10. Mercantilism and Miracles ""; ""Defining Mercantilism""; ""Mercantilism and Growth""; ""Miracle Economies""; ""Ch 11. Institutions versus Exchange Rate Policy ""; ""The Conventional Wisdom""; ""New Evidence""; ""Institutional Measures""; ""Institutions and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence""; ""Ch 12. Currency Undervaluation: A Time-Tested Policy for Growth ""; ""Nineteenth-Century Exchange Rates""; ""Tariffs and Growth""; ""The Yen Exchange Rate in 1950""; ""Ch 13. Economics of the Yen and the Renminbi ""; ""Japan in the 1980's and China in the 2010's"" """China Is Different""; ""Revisiting Paul Samuelson""; ""Ch 14. Changing Times, Changing Views ""; ""Currency Wars""; ""Why Currency Undervaluation?""; ""Evidence of Malfunctions and Imbalances""; ""The Seductive Appeal of Currency Undervaluation""; ""One Country's Ceiling Is Another Country's Floor's Evidence on Stolen Growth""; ""Breaking the Cycle""; ""Ch 15. Conclusion ""; ""Currency Undervaluation Affects Investment and Generates Growth ""; ""The Dual of Currency Undervaluation Is Currency Overvaluation"" ""The Real Exchange Rate Can Be Influenced by the Nominal Exchange Rate "" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785515203321 |
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Bhalla Surjit S
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| Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Devaluing to prosperity : misaligned currencies and their growth consequence / / Surjit S. Bhalla
| Devaluing to prosperity : misaligned currencies and their growth consequence / / Surjit S. Bhalla |
| Autore | Bhalla Surjit S |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
| Disciplina | 332.4/142 |
| Soggetto topico |
Devaluation of currency
Economic development - Developing countries International trade Foreign exchange rates Monetary policy |
| ISBN | 0-88132-651-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Ch 1. Introduction ""; ""What Determines Growth: Geography? Technology? Policy?""; ""The Primacy of Exchange Rate Policy""; ""A Guide to the Book""; ""Ch 2. Determinants of Economic Growth""; ""The Historical Context""; ""Some Explanations of Growth""; ""Growth since 1950""; ""Popular Theories""; ""Growth Policies: The Washington Consensus""; ""Ch 3. Currency Valuation, Savings, and the Current Account ""; ""Currency Valuation and Savings""; ""Current Account Balance and Growth""; ""Currency Valuation and the Current Account""
""Ch 4. Measuring Currency Valuation """"Equilibrium Exchange Rates""; ""Real Exchange Rates""; ""Currency Misalignments""; ""Real Exchange Rates and Income""; ""Different Measures of Currency Valuation""; ""Income, Currency Valuation, and Growth: A Review""; ""Ch 5. The Yin and Yang of Investment ""; ""Currency Valuation and Investment""; ""Investment Impact of Currency Devaluation""; ""Investment as the Channel of Influence""; ""Ch 6. Is the Real Exchange Rate Endogenous? ""; ""An Endogenous Real Exchange Rate: The Theory""; ""The Impossible Trinity""; ""Passive Devaluation"" ""Changes in Currency Valuation, 1980-2011""""Is China a Currency Manipulator?""; ""In Summary""; ""Ch 7. Rashomon Rules: US Dollar, Euro Dollar""; ""US Current Account Deficit""; ""Valuations of the Dollar""; ""Currency Valuations and the US Current Account Deficit""; ""Whither the Dollar?""; ""Ch 8. Currency Valuation and Growth ""; ""Overview""; ""Econometric Models of Growth""; ""Tests of Simple Growth Models""; ""Conclusion""; ""Ch 9. Policy Failures and Growth Miracles ""; ""Growth Successes and Failures""; ""Explanations for Failure""; ""Structural Breaks in Growth"" ""Explaining Growth Acceleration""""Ch 10. Mercantilism and Miracles ""; ""Defining Mercantilism""; ""Mercantilism and Growth""; ""Miracle Economies""; ""Ch 11. Institutions versus Exchange Rate Policy ""; ""The Conventional Wisdom""; ""New Evidence""; ""Institutional Measures""; ""Institutions and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence""; ""Ch 12. Currency Undervaluation: A Time-Tested Policy for Growth ""; ""Nineteenth-Century Exchange Rates""; ""Tariffs and Growth""; ""The Yen Exchange Rate in 1950""; ""Ch 13. Economics of the Yen and the Renminbi ""; ""Japan in the 1980's and China in the 2010's"" """China Is Different""; ""Revisiting Paul Samuelson""; ""Ch 14. Changing Times, Changing Views ""; ""Currency Wars""; ""Why Currency Undervaluation?""; ""Evidence of Malfunctions and Imbalances""; ""The Seductive Appeal of Currency Undervaluation""; ""One Country's Ceiling Is Another Country's Floor's Evidence on Stolen Growth""; ""Breaking the Cycle""; ""Ch 15. Conclusion ""; ""Currency Undervaluation Affects Investment and Generates Growth ""; ""The Dual of Currency Undervaluation Is Currency Overvaluation"" ""The Real Exchange Rate Can Be Influenced by the Nominal Exchange Rate "" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817431003321 |
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Bhalla Surjit S
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| Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imagine there's no country [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization / / Surjit S. Bhalla
| Imagine there's no country [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization / / Surjit S. Bhalla |
| Autore | Bhalla Surjit S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty
Income distribution Globalization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-18171-4
9786611181710 0-88132-452-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454479603321 |
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Bhalla Surjit S
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| Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Imagine there's no country [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization / / Surjit S. Bhalla
| Imagine there's no country [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization / / Surjit S. Bhalla |
| Autore | Bhalla Surjit S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty
Income distribution Globalization |
| ISBN |
1-281-18171-4
9786611181710 0-88132-452-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782645003321 |
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Bhalla Surjit S
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| Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Imagine there's no country : poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization / / Surjit S. Bhalla
| Imagine there's no country : poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization / / Surjit S. Bhalla |
| Autore | Bhalla Surjit S |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty
Income distribution Globalization |
| ISBN |
1-281-18171-4
9786611181710 0-88132-452-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I Received Wisdom on Poverty, Inequality, and Growth -- Chapter 1 Overview: New Results on Poverty, Inequality, and the Growth in the Era of Globalization -- The Issues -- The Framework and the Data -- A Bird's Eye View -- A More Detailed Overview -- Results on Absolute Poverty -- Results on Propoor Growth -- Has Globalization Worsened Inequality? -- Has Globalization Been Good for Poor People? -- Research and Monopolies -- Chapter 2 The Pattern of Economic Growth 1950-2000 -- Data and Methods of Estimating Growth -- Global Levels of Income and Growth -- Globalization: Divergence -- Evidence of Convergence or Divergence -- Chapter 3 Inequality as We Know It -- Measuring Inequality -- Measuring Intertemporal Inequality -- Simple Inequality Mathematics -- Inequality: Kuznets Curve and Data Requirements -- Recent Evidence on Country Inequality -- The Evidence Once Again -- Tests of Inequality Change -- Elasticity of Connection, 1960-2000 -- Country-Level Inequality -- Toward Individual Inequality Estimates -- Individual Inequality -- Summing Up: The Facts as We Know Them -- Chapter 4 Poverty as We Are Told It Is -- Defining and Measuring Absolute Poverty -- Poverty in the United States -- The World Bank Enters the Poverty Arena -- First Absolute Poverty Line, Estimates, and Forecasts -- The Search for an Absolute Absolute Measure -- Rediscovering the 1-a-Day Poverty Line -- The Poverty Line Reduced -- Evolving World Bank Definitions of Poverty -- Section II Discussion of Knowledge on Poverty, Inequality, and Growth and Analysis of Data and Methodologies -- Chapter 5 Taking Stock of the Facts -- The Global Pie, 1960-2000 -- Inequality Trends -- Poverty Trends -- Not Propoor Growth -- Is the Conventional Wisdom Correct? -- Facts and Figures -- The Importance of Data.
Duck and Smell Tests to Differeniate -- Experts Debate -- Elasticity of the Gini with Growth -- Poverty "Smell" Tests -- The Need for Alternative Studies -- Chapter 6 Recounting Poor People -- Definitions and Methods -- Using Different PPP Exchange Rates -- Differences between World Bank Consumption and Official PPPs -- All Indians Were Dead in 1950, or 1960 -- Chapter 7 Surveys and National Accounts: Can a Choice Be Made? -- What Is the Problem? -- There Is a Problem Even in the United States -- In Defense of Surveys -- What Happened to the Survey/National Accounts Ratio? -- Unintended Consequences of Moving to Survey Means -- Do National Accounts Estimates Have Problems? -- Choosing between Surveys and National Accounts -- By How Much Do Rich People Understate Expenditures? -- Estimating Undercoverage of Rich People -- The SAP 1.50 Poverty Line -- Smell" Tests for Indian Poverty Estimates -- Should Surveys or National Accounts Be Used? Or Both? -- Chapter 8 Other Methodological Considerations -- The Individual versus Countries -- Simple Accounting Procedure for Generating W3i -- The Kakwani Method of Estimating a Lorenz Curve -- Is SAP Accurate? -- Using SAP to Identify Errors in Published Ginis -- Section III New Results on Poverty, Inequality, and Growth Based on Simple Accounting Procedure Methods -- Chapter 9 Poverty as It Is---and Forecasts for 2015 -- How Much Poverty Is There in the World? -- Where Did Poverty Decline from 1960 to 2000? -- The Evolution of World Poverty, 1820-2000 -- A Digression: How Do You Assess the Best? -- Regional Poverty Trends -- Time to Raise the Poverty Line -- Forecasts for 2000 and 2015 -- Chapter 10 Reinventing the Kuznets Curve: Propoor Growth -- The Search for Propoor Growth -- The Growth-Poverty Connection -- Propoor Elasticity -- Propoor Mathematics -- Empirical Estimates of Propoor Growth. Estimating Propoor Elasticity -- Has Global Growth Been Propoor? -- Using Consistent Data -- Is the Initial Income Distribution Important? -- A Simple Method for Estimating Propoor Growth -- Forecast of Poverty in 2015 -- Chapter 11 Inequality as It Is -- SAP Results for World Inequality, 1950-2000 -- Regions and Indices -- Individual Inequality Studies Compared -- How Accurate Are the SAP Estimates? -- Poor People Have a High Elasticity of Connection -- The Relationship between Growth and Inequality -- The Middle Class -- Chapter 12 Globalization: A Second Look -- Income: Before and After -- Convergence: New Results -- Catch-up with Globalization -- Is There a Poverty-Terrorism Connection? -- The Evolution of Living Standards, 1960-2000 -- Chapter 13 Conclusion: Roads Not Taken -- Different Forks for Different Folks -- Answers to Often-Asked Questions -- Appendices -- Appendix A The Simple Accounting Procedure Dataset -- Appendix B Estimation of the Lorenz Curve, and Its Accuracy -- How Good Is SAP? -- Errors in Survey Inequality Measures -- Errors in Published Inequality Data -- Appendix C Basic Data for the Simple Accounting Procedure -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821141603321 |
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Bhalla Surjit S
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| Washington, DC, : Institute for International Economics, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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