Energy Shocks and the World Economy: Adjustment Policies and Problems
The second of two works resulting from the author's extensive study of energy and the world economy, this book examines the international macroeconomic aspects of energy adjustment. Specifically, the author analyzes the ways in which economies adjust to external shocks, particularly the oil price shock and other energy market changes of the 1970s and early 1980s. He seeks to put the recessions experienced by industrial countries during the last decade in historical and analytical perspective, arguing that with the increasing openness of the world economy, the effects of the domestic policies of the industrial economies are increasingly relevant to the economic prospects of developing countries. He argues further that the apparent problems of the global economy during the post-1973 era—stagnant growth, inflation, the international debt crisis, and rising protectionism—are in part the result of a deterioration in the economic performance of industrial countries.

The author begins by examining the effects of energy supply disturbances on the world economy. Subsequent chapters explore such issues as challenges to economic stabilization policy; the impact of external shocks on the economies of less developed countries, especially with regard to inflation and balance of payments problems; the relationship between world payment imbalances and recycling problems; and the link between energy markets and the international debt crisis. Finally, the author provides a theoretical framework for the international adjustment to energy shocks, focusing on flexible exchange-rate policy responses to exogenous shocks in the 1970s and the contribution of exchange rate misalignment to the international debt crisis of the 1980s.

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Energy Shocks and the World Economy: Adjustment Policies and Problems
The second of two works resulting from the author's extensive study of energy and the world economy, this book examines the international macroeconomic aspects of energy adjustment. Specifically, the author analyzes the ways in which economies adjust to external shocks, particularly the oil price shock and other energy market changes of the 1970s and early 1980s. He seeks to put the recessions experienced by industrial countries during the last decade in historical and analytical perspective, arguing that with the increasing openness of the world economy, the effects of the domestic policies of the industrial economies are increasingly relevant to the economic prospects of developing countries. He argues further that the apparent problems of the global economy during the post-1973 era—stagnant growth, inflation, the international debt crisis, and rising protectionism—are in part the result of a deterioration in the economic performance of industrial countries.

The author begins by examining the effects of energy supply disturbances on the world economy. Subsequent chapters explore such issues as challenges to economic stabilization policy; the impact of external shocks on the economies of less developed countries, especially with regard to inflation and balance of payments problems; the relationship between world payment imbalances and recycling problems; and the link between energy markets and the international debt crisis. Finally, the author provides a theoretical framework for the international adjustment to energy shocks, focusing on flexible exchange-rate policy responses to exogenous shocks in the 1970s and the contribution of exchange rate misalignment to the international debt crisis of the 1980s.

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Energy Shocks and the World Economy: Adjustment Policies and Problems

Energy Shocks and the World Economy: Adjustment Policies and Problems

by Hui Liang Tsai
Energy Shocks and the World Economy: Adjustment Policies and Problems

Energy Shocks and the World Economy: Adjustment Policies and Problems

by Hui Liang Tsai

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The second of two works resulting from the author's extensive study of energy and the world economy, this book examines the international macroeconomic aspects of energy adjustment. Specifically, the author analyzes the ways in which economies adjust to external shocks, particularly the oil price shock and other energy market changes of the 1970s and early 1980s. He seeks to put the recessions experienced by industrial countries during the last decade in historical and analytical perspective, arguing that with the increasing openness of the world economy, the effects of the domestic policies of the industrial economies are increasingly relevant to the economic prospects of developing countries. He argues further that the apparent problems of the global economy during the post-1973 era—stagnant growth, inflation, the international debt crisis, and rising protectionism—are in part the result of a deterioration in the economic performance of industrial countries.

The author begins by examining the effects of energy supply disturbances on the world economy. Subsequent chapters explore such issues as challenges to economic stabilization policy; the impact of external shocks on the economies of less developed countries, especially with regard to inflation and balance of payments problems; the relationship between world payment imbalances and recycling problems; and the link between energy markets and the international debt crisis. Finally, the author provides a theoretical framework for the international adjustment to energy shocks, focusing on flexible exchange-rate policy responses to exogenous shocks in the 1970s and the contribution of exchange rate misalignment to the international debt crisis of the 1980s.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275931926
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 09/25/1989
Pages: 209
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

HUI-LIANG TSAI is Research Associate at the Center for Yugoslav-American Studies, Research, and Exchanges at Florida State University, Tallahassee. He is the author of The Energy Illusion and Economic Stability (Praeger 1989).

Table of Contents

Preface
Supply Disturbances and The World Economy: Perplexity, Uncertainty, and Skepticism
New Era of Energy Awareness
Macroeconomics of Energy Shocks
Energy Shocks and Nature of the Adjustments
Implications
Challenges to Economic Stabilization Policy: Dilemma and Limitations
Demand Management and Economic Nationalism
Divergent Patterns and Policy Stances
Responding to Exogenous Shocks: A Study in Contrasts
Differing Policy Responses: OECD Experience
Implications
External Shocks, and LDC Economies
Inflationary Effects of External Shocks
Balance-of-Payments Effects of External Shocks
Adjusting to External Shocks: LDC Experience
Differing Guiding Philosophies
Patterns of Adjustment
Policy Implications
World Payments Imbalances and Recycling Problems
Different Payments Problems
Recycling and Adjustment Problems
Lessons from the Petrodollar Recycling
International Debt Crisis and Financial Instability
The LDC Debt Morass
Debt Crisis and Debt Management Strategy
Reform Proposals: Differing Perspectives
Managing the LDC Debt Crisis: Two Distinct Schools of Thought
Lessons from the World Debt Crisis
Exogenous Disturbances and International Adjustment: Problems and Issues
Fundamental Conflicts: An Embarrassing Paradox
Limitations on LDC Exchange Rate Policy Responses to Exogenous Shocks
Exchange-Rate Management and Control
Exchange-Rate Determining: Theoretical Framework
Empirical Evidence
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

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