Finance & Development, March 2010

March 22, 2010

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Finance & Development, March 2010, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2010) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

Prize or Penalty: When Sports Help Economies Score" looks at why countries vie to host the world's most costly sporting events. And, in a series of articles on "After the Crisis," we discuss why some countries were hit harder than others; how were shocks transmitted round the world, and whether protectionist pressures might intensify in 2010. As usual, we take on a number of hot topics, including housing prices, bankers' bonuses, Ponzi schemes, and inflation targeting. In "Picture This" we see that the number of hungry is on the rise, topping 1 billion. Our regular "People in Economics" column profiles Daron Acemoglu, the Turkish-born intellectual who won the American Economic Association's award in 2005 for the most influential U.S. economist under the age of 40. "Back to Basics" explains inflation; and "Data Spotlight" looks at how dollarization is declining in Latin America. Also includes articles by Nick Stern on climate change and Simon Johnson on bonuses and the "doomsday cycle

Subject: Financial crises, High frequency trading, Housing prices, Inflation, Inflation targeting

Keywords: F&D, FD, Market, Price, Soccer World Cup, World cup

Publication Details

Pages:

59
Volume:

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Series:

Finance & Development No. 0047/001
Stock No:

MFIEA2010001
ISBN:

9781451922257
ISSN:

0015-1947

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