Book Reviews

Mahbub ul Haq, Inge Kaul, and Isabelle Grunberg (eds), The Tobin Tax: Coping with Financial Volatility
Mario I. Blejer, Zvi Eckstein, Zvi Hercowitz, and Leonardo Leiderman (eds), Financial Factors in Economic Stabilization and Growth     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Clem Tisdell, (ed.) The Economics of Tourism
David Gruen and Sona Shrestha, (eds) The Australian Economy in the 1990s: Proceedings of a Conference
Milton and Rose D. Friedman, Two Lucky People Memoirs
Wolfgang Kasper and Manfred E. Streit, Institutional Economics: Social Order and Public Policy
Ronald W. Jones, Globalization and The Theory of Input Trade
George L. Perry and James Tobin, (eds) Economic Events, Ideas, and Policies: The 1960s and After
Cedric Sandford, Why Tax Systems Differ: A Comparative Study of the Political Economy of Taxation
J. Patrick Raines and Charles G. Leathers, Economists and the Stock Market: Speculative Theories of Stock Market Fluctuations
Peter Drysdale, (ed.) Reform and Recovery in East Asia. The Role of the State and Economic Enterprise
F. Pellizzar,i Rent, Resources, Technologies     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Macroeconomics , by Ian M. McDonald
Economic Dynamics , by Giancarlo Gandolfo
Scientific Word Version 2.5 , by TCI Software Research
Surveys In Econometrics , edited by L. Oxley, D.A.R. George, C.J. Roberts, and S. Sayer
The World Economy in Transition: What Leading Economists Think , edited by R. Hinshaw
The Uneasy Case for Equalisation Payments , by Dan Usher
The Economics of Gender , by Joyce Jacobsen
Estimating Economic Values for Nature , by V. Kerry Smith
The Tobin Tax: Coping with Financial Volatility , edited by Mahbub ul Haq, Inge Kaul, and Isabelle Grunberg
Poverty, Inequality and Social Welfare in Australia , by David Thomas Johnson     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed:
Ronald MacDonald and Ian Marsh, Exchange Rate Modelling
Richard N. Cooper and János Gács (eds.), Trade Growth in Transition Economies: Export Impediments for Central and Eastern Europe
Geoff Mason, Mary O'Mahony and Ray Barell (eds.), Productivity, Innovation and Economic Performance
Martin Richardson (ed.), Globalization and International Trade Liberalization: Continuity and Change     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Hiro Lee and David Roland-Holst (eds), Economic Development and Cooperation in the Pacific Basin: Trade, Investment, and Environmental Issues
Ronald I. McKinnon and Kenichi Ohno, Dollar and Yen: Resolving Economic Conflict between the United States and Japan
Elio Londero and Simon Teitel, Resources, Industrialization and Exports in Latin America: The Primary Input Content of Sustained Exports of Manufactures from Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela
Andrea Maneschi, Comparative Advantage in International Trade:A Historical Perspective
Thomas F. Cargill, Michael M. Hutchison and Takatoshi Ito, The Political Economy of Japanese Monetary Policy
Keith E. Maskus, Peter M. Hooper, Edward E. Leamer and J. David Richardson (eds), Quiet Pioneering     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
David Greenaway and C. W. Morgan (eds.), The Economics of Commodity Markets
Changes in Exchange Rates in Rapidly Developing Countries by
Takatoshi Ito and Anne Krueger, Managing Capital Flows and Exchange Rates in Rapidly Developing Countries
Reuven Glick (ed.), Perspectives from the Pacific Basin
Ray Barrell and Nigel Pain (eds.), Innovation, Investment and the Diffusion of Technology in Europe: German Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Postwar Europe
Philippe Aghion and Jeffrey G. Williamson, Growth, Inequality, and Globalization: Theory, History, and Policy
Steven Brakman and Charles van Marrewijk, The Economics of International Transfers     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Social Science Imperialists, edited by P. Kerr Controversies in Political Economy: Selected Essays of G. C. Harcourt, edited by O. F Handbook of International Economics, Volume II, edited by Ronald W. Jones and Peter B Handbook of Public Economics, edited by A. J. Auerbach and M. Feldstein The Aboriginal Economy in Town and Country, by E. K. Fisk Instrumental Variables, by Roger J. Bowden and Darrell A. Turkington Ethics and Economics, edited by Ellen Paul, Fred Miller and Jeffrey Paul Foundations of Economics: Structure of Inquiry and Economic Theory, edited by Mauro Baranzini and Roberto Scazzieri Social Goals and Social Organization: Essays in Memory ofElisha Pazner, edited by L. Hurwicz, D. Schmeidler and H. Sonnenschein Innocence and Design: The Influence of Economic Ideas on Policy- The 1985 Reith Lectures, by David Henderson The Flying Kangaroo–an Endangered Species?, by Christopher C. Findlay Trade and Structural Change, by Leslie Stein Federalism and Resource Development: The Australian Case, edited by P. Drysdale and H. Shibata Australia's Financial Institutions and Markets, edited by M. K. Lewis and R. H. Wallace Export Oriented Industrialisation: The ASEAN Experience by Mohamed Ariff and Hal Hill     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Advanced Macroeconomics, by David Romer
The Methodology of Macroeconomic Thought, by Sheila C. Dow
The Dynamic Society: Exploring the Sources of Global Change, by Graeme Donald Snooks
Economics and the Environment: A Signalling und Incentives Approach, by Ian Wills
The Economics of the Labour Murket. by D. Bos-worth, P. Dawkins and T. Stromback
The Rules of the Game: International Money and Erchunge Rates, by R. I. McKinnon
The Role of Government in East Asian Economic Development: Comparative Institutional Analysis, edited by Masahiko Aoki, Hyung-Ki Kim and Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara     

Financial and Economic Crises in Asia

Review of The Asian Financial Crisis: Causes, Contagion and Consequences , edited by Pierre-Richard Agénor, Marcus Miller, David Vines and Axel Weber (1999), and The Indonesian Economy in Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Lessons by Hal Hill (1999).     

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Books reviewed:
John B. Taylor and Michael Woodford, (eds) Handbook of Macroeconomics
J. Daniel Hammond, (ed.) The Legacy of Milton Friedman as Teacher
James Davidson , Econometric Theory
David A. Hensher and Joffre D. Swait, Stated Choice Methods Analysis and Application
Terence Hutchison, On the Methodology of Economics and the Formalist Revolution
J.-J. Laffont and J. Tirole, Competition in Telecommunications
U. Dadush, D. Dasgupta and M. Uzan, (eds) Private Capital Flows in the Age of Globalization: The Aftermath of the Asian Crisis
John E. Roemer, Equality of Opportunity
A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, (ed.) Confronting Fiji Futures     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Bonin, John P.; Székely, István P., eds, The development and reform of financial systems in Central and Eastern Europe
Yegor Gaidar and Karl Otto Pöhl, Russian Reform/International Money
Gutmann, Gemot & Wagner, Ulrich, Ö konomische Erfolge und Misserfolge der deutschen Vereinigung - Eine Zwischenbilanz
Neuhold, H., Havlik, P. & Suppan, A., eds. Political and Economic Transformation in East Central Europe
Chernyshev, Igor, Labour Statistics for a Market Economy
Landesmann, Michael A. and Székely, István P., eds, Industrial Restructuring and Trade Reorientation in Eastern Europe
Lim, Lin Lean and Sziráczki, György, Employment Challenges and Policy Responses: Chinese and International Perspectives
Warner, Malcolm, The Management of Human Resources in Chinese Industry
Poznanski, Kazimierz Z., ed., The Evolutionary Transition to Capitalism
Lorentzen, Jochen, Opening up Hungary to the World Market, External Constraints and Opportunities
Lavigne, Marie, The Economics of Transition. From Socialist Economy to Market Economy
Kornai, János, Highways and Byways: Studies on Reform and Postcommunist Transition
Zwas, Adam, From Failed Communism to Underdeveloped Capitalism. Transformation of Eastern Europe, the Post-Soviet Union and China .
Jackson, Marvin & Biesbrouck, Wouter, eds, Marketization, restructuring and competition in transition industries of Central and Eastern Europe
Gros, Daniel and Steinherr, Alfred, Winds of change. Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe
Estrin, Saul, Brada, Josef C, Gelb, Alan and Singh, Inderjit, eds, Restructuring and Privatization in Central Eastern Europe. Case Studies of Firms in Transition     

Book Notes

Balassa. B. Comparative Advantage Trade Policy and Economic Development
Black, F. Business Cycles and Equilibrium
Burgenmeier, B. and Mucchielli, J.L. (eds). Multi-nationals and Europe 1992: Strategies for theFuture
Carlin, W. and Soskice. D. Macroeconomics and the Wage Bargain: A Modern Approach to Employment Inflation and the Exchange Rate
Demsetz, H. The Organisation of Economic Activity, Volume I: Ownership Control and the Firm
Dorn, J. and Niskanen, W.A. (eds). Dollars Deficits & Trade
Fitoussi, J. and Phelps, E.S. The Slump in Europe
Goodwin, R.M. Chaoric Economic Dynamics
Jüttner, D. Johannes. International finance and global financial markets
McAfee, R.P. and McMillan, J. Incentives in Government Contracting
McKenzie, L.W. and Zamagni, S. (eds). Value and Capital Fifty Years Later. International Economic Association conference volume no. 94
Schotter, A. Free Market Economics. Second Edition
Soesastro, H. and Pangestu, M. (ed.) Technological Challenge in the Asia-Pacific Economy
Van Brabant, J. Remaking Eastern Europe-On the political economy of transtion. International Studies in Economics and Econometrics     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Incredible Eurodollar: Or Why the World's Money System is Collapsing , by W. P. Hogan and I. F. Pearce
Stagflation Volume 2: Demand Management , by David Vines, Jan Maciejowski and James E. Meade
Exchange Rate Theory and Practice , edited by J. O. Bilson and R. C. Marston
Lectures on Schumpeterian Economics, Schumpeter Centenary Memorial Lectures, Graz 1983, edited by C. Siedl
The Economics of Australian Labour Markets , by Keith Norris
Comparative Industrial Relations , by J. Wilczynski
Submission to Committee of Inquiry into Labour Market Programmes, Bureau of Labour Market Research, Monograph Series No. 5
How Labour Markets Work: Case Studies in Adjustment, edited by R. Blandy and S. Richardson
Australia and Argentina: On Parallel Paths, by Tim Duncan and John Fogarty     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Vito Tanzi and Ke-Young Chu, Income Distribution and High-Quality Growth
Bijit Bora and Christopher Findlay (eds.), Regional Integration and the Asia–Pacific
Pontus Braunerhjelm and Karolina Ekholm (eds.), The Geography of Multinational Firms
Ian Goldin and Alan Winters (eds.), The Economics of Sustainable Development
Gene M. Grossman and Kenneth Rogoff (eds.), The Handbook of International Economics: Volume 3
Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya (eds.), The Economics of Preferential Trade Agreements     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed:
Zoltan Bara and Laszlo Csaba, (eds.) Small Economies' Adjustment to Global Tendencies
Lutz Hoffmann, Peter Bofinger, Heiner Flassbeck and Alfred Steinherr Kazakhstan 1993-2000: Independent Advisors and the IMF
Michael Du Pont Foreign Direct Investment in Transitional Economies. A Case Study of China and Poland     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Financial Economics , by Jiirgen Eichberger and Ian R. Harper
International Parity Conditions: Theory. Econometric Testing and Empirical Evidence , by Imad A. Moosa and Razzaque H. Bhatti
Australian Readings in Monetary and Financial Economics , edited by P. Stemp and J. Milne-Pott
The Economics of Seasonal Cycles , by Jeffrey A. Miron
Can We Afford to Grow Old? A Perspective on the Economics of Aging , by Richard Disney
The Coming of Keynesianism to America. Conversations with the Founders of Keynesian Economics , edited by David C. Colander and Harry Landreth
Reforming Asian Socialism: The Growth of Market Institutions , edited by John McMillan and Barry Naughton
International Competitiveness and the Balance of Payments , by Barbara Dluhosch, Andreas Freytag and Malte Kruger
Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade , by Douglas A. Irwin
Institutions and Monetary Policy: Credibility, Flexibility and Central Bank Independence , by Eric Schaling     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Market Resources and the Environment edited by, A. Moran, A. Chisholm, and M. Porter
Environment and Economy: Property Rights and Public Policy, by Daniel W. Bromley
Imperfect Competition and International Commodity Trade: Theory, Dynamics, and Policy Modelling, by Montague J. Lord
Barriers to Entry and Strategic Competition, by Paul Geroski, Richard J. Gilbert and Alexis Jacquemin
Labour Markets under Trade Unionism: Employment, Wages and Hours, by John Pencavel
The Soviets and the Pacific Challenge, edited by Peter Drysdale in association with Martin O'Hare (Allen & Unwin in association with the Australia-Japan Research Centre, Australian National University
Management for Australian Business: A Critical Text, by Liz Fulop with Faye Frith and Harold Hay ward
Techniques of Economic Analysis with Applications, by A. Parikh and D. Bailey
Contributions to Econometric Theory and Applications, Essays in Honour of A.L. Nagar, edited by R.A.L. Carter, J. Dutta and A. Ullah
A History of Economic Theory: Classic Contributions 1720–1980, by Jürg Niehans     

Book Reviews

Robert C. Feenstra, Gene M. Grossman, and Douglas A. Irwin (eds.), The Political Economy of Trade Policy: Papers in Honor of Jagdish Bhagwati
John Williamson (ed.), Estimating Equilibrium Exchange Rates
F. M. Scherer, Competition Policies for an Integrated World Economy
Maurice Obstfeld and Kenneth Rogoff, Foundations of International Macroeconomics     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article
Coming to Terms with Accession. Forum Report of the Policy Initiative
The Technology of Transition. Science and Technology Policies for Transition Countries. By Dyker, David A.
Transforming the core: Restructuring industrial enterprises in Russia and Central Europe. By Ernst, Maurice
Economies in Transition: Comparing Asia and Eastern Europe. By Woo, Wing Thye, Stephen Parker and Jefferey D. Sachs, eds., Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England
nade growth in transition economies: Export impediments for Central and Eastern Europe, By Richard N. Cooper     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Leonard K. Cheng and Henryk Kierzkowski (eds.), Global Production and Trade in East Asia
Jayashree Watal, Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO and Developing Countries
Dalia Marin and Monika Schnitzer, Contracts in Trade and Transition: the Resurgence of Barter