Bøger af Paul Beckerman

For many purposes, it is useful to determine whether, or to show that, a nation¿s per-capita real consumption, balance of payments and fiscal accounts are on financially-sustainable medium-term trajectories. This User Guide describes the Excel workbook DoMQ.xlsm, a ¿basic¿ multiannual macroeconomic programming exercise for the Dominican Republic. Part A introduces the exercise and describes its purpose. Part B briefly summarizes what the user needs to know to ¿get started.¿ Part C describes the workbook¿s overall structure and its various worksheets. Part D describes an illustrative sensitivity analysis. The essential point is that useful, credible multiannual macroeconomic projections can be formulated using straightforward techniques. Similar projection exercises could be developed for other economies.

Early in 2000, Ecuador, facing a serious economic and governance crises, adopted the U.S. dollar as its national currency. This work examines the conditions in which the decision was made. It looks historically at Ecuador's economic and social structure and assesses the impact of the decision.

This book describes the complex of economic processes which sustains inflationary pressure in nations with severe inflation problems.