International Coordination of Economic Policies: Scope, Methods, and Effects

International Coordination of Economic Policies: Scope, Methods, and Effects
ISBN-10
1451969821
ISBN-13
9781451969825
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
59
Language
English
Published
1988-06-29
Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Author
International Monetary Fund

Description

This paper discusses the scope, methods, and effects of international coordination of economic policies. In analyzing the scope for and of coordination, the paper addresses the rationale for coordination, barriers to coordination, the range and specificivity of policies to be coordinated, and the frequency of coordination. In evaluating the methods of coordination, the emphasis is on the broad issues of rules versus discretion, single-indicator versus multi-Indicator systems, and hegemonic versus symmetric systems. Finally, using the MULTIMOD global macroeconomic model, some simulations are presented of several rule-based proposals for coordination.

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