Victor Argy – författare

The book opens with a concise account of modern Japanese economic history and the essence of postwar macroeconomic issues and policy. Then, the nature of the Japanese corporation, labour relations and technological innovations, as well as the Japanese experience in structural adjustments are discussed. Three chapters are devoted to Japan's international economic relations, in which emphasis is placed on Japan's trade surplus, conflicts with Western powers and Japan's overseas investments. The final section contains chapters dealing with the service sector (including distribution, health and education) and with Japan's quality of life (relating to matters such as pollution and urbanisation).

International Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy offers phenomenal coverage across the entire subject of international macroeconoimics in an open economy context. The book has four objectives: * to describe the evolution of and experiences with global exchange rate regimes* to introduce the reader to a rigorous analysis of open economy models* to apply the model framework to address key policy issues* to review individual country experiences of macro policy

International Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy offers phenomenal coverage across the entire subject of international macroeconoimics in an open economy context. The book has four objectives: * to describe the evolution of and experiences with global exchange rate regimes* to introduce the reader to a rigorous analysis of open economy models* to apply the model framework to address key policy issues* to review individual country experiences of macro policy

First Published in 2005. The book has two principal aims. First, to provide a description of the major international monetary developments in the industrial world in the post-war years. Second, to evaluate and analyse these developments by reference to a theoretical framework and, in addition, to look at the key policy issues in the context of the new environment of the last decade.