Advances in Monetary Policy and Macroeconomics

Introduction; P.Arestis & G.Zezza Monetary Policy with Firms' Bank Dependence and Default Risk; G.Passamani; & R.Tamborini Assessing the New Keynesian Phillips Curves under Competing Expectation Hypothesis; O.Musy & S.Pommier The Taylor Rule and Financial Derivatives: The Case of Options; C.Oldani Credit Risk Management: Rationing vs Credit Derivatives and Consequences for Financial Stability; S.Vanacore Confidence, Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Performance; D.Torre, E.Tosi & M.Dal-Pont Legrand Asymmetries as Sources of Conflict in a Monetary Union; P.Arestis, G.Chortareas & T.Pelagidis Alternative Fiscal Policy Rules and the Stabilization Problem in EMU: Theory and Simulations; J.Uxo & Mª J.Arroyo On the Minskian Business Cycle; K.Erturk Minsky's Vision and its Relationship with the General Theory; E.De Antoni Towards a Spatial Keynesian Macroeconomics; W.Mitchell & J.Juniper Monetary Shocks and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics; D.Federici & S.Santoro Macroeconomic Risk: Evaluation of International Reserves in Venezuela; C.Pagliacci & E.Ochoa World Bank Trade Models and the Doha Debate; R.von Arnim & L.Taylor Technology, Capital Flows and the Balance of Payments Constraint; M.Curado, G.Porcile & R.Viana