This book brings together relevant papers on macro-monetary and development economics from many eminent economists from all over the world who are closely associated with the works of Late Professor Anita Ghatak of Greenwich University, UK who was an expert in the field of macroeconomics and econometrics. It comprises a variety of articles which are highly significant in the analysis of macroeconomic policies both in developed and in-transition economies. There are several main topics covered in this book such as the test of new theories of economic growth and convergence and the use of dynamic and rigorous time-series econometric methods for analysing money demand functions in transition economies.This work details the meaning of economic development and the comparative analysis of the recent growth of India and China, also the modelling of the macroeconomics of poverty reduction and the monetary policy rules in transition economies. Lastly, the research analyses the Asian Financial crisis, the impact of migration on investment and economic growth and international consumption patterns.
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1 Introduction by Subrata Ghatak and Paul Levine
Pt. I Growth, economic development and poverty
2 On the convergence and divergence of economies by Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer
3 Anatomy of the growth and transformation of the economies of China and India by Srikanta Chatterjee
4 On measuring economic development by Taradas Bandyopadhyay
5 The Asian crisis and macroeconomic development by Willy Spanjers
6 A macroeconomic policy approach to poverty reduction by Sushanta K. Mallick
Pt. II Stabilization, remittances and consumption
7 Estimating the international transmission of shocks using GDP forecasts: India and its trading partners by Kajal Lahiri and Gultekin Isiklar
8 Money demand in China: evidence from a bounds testing cointegration approach by Anita Ghatak and Qing Zhang
9 Monetary policy rules and the impact of ambiguity in transition economies by Subrata Ghatak and Willy Spanjers
10 Public sector debt in developing countries by Peter M. Jackson
11 Labour market and investment effects of remittances by Stephen Drinkwater and Paul Levine and Emanuela Lotti
12 International consumption patterns: evidence from the 1996 International Comparison Programme by James L. Seale, Jr. and Anita Regmi