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

Mª JESUS ARROYO San Pablo-CEU University, SpainGEORGIOS CHORTAREAS University of Essex, UKMARCELO CURADO Department of Economics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), BrazilMURIEL DAL-PONT LEGRAND GREDEG, CNRS, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, FranceELISABETTA DE ANTONI Department of Economics, University of Trento, ItalyKORKUT ERTURK Department of Economics, University of Utah, USA; The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USADANIELA FEDERICI Department of Economics, University of Cassino, ItalyJAMES JUNIPER Centre of Full Employment and Equity, The University of Newcastle, AustraliaWILLIAM MITCHELL Centre of Full Employment and Equity, The University of Newcastle, AustraliaOLIVIER MUSY CEDERS, University of Aix-Marseille 2, FranceELIZABETH OCHOA Economic Analysis Department, Banco Central de VenezuelaCHIARA OLDANI ISAE, Italy; Luiss G. Carli University, Rome, ItalyCAROLINA PAGLIACCI Economic Research Department, Banco Central de Venezuela, VenezuelaGIULIANA PASSAMANI Department of Economics, University of Trento, ItalyTHEODORE PELAGIDIS University of Piraeus, GreeceSÉBASTIAN POMMIER CREM UMR 62 11, CNRS, University of Rennes 1, FranceGABRIEL PORCILE Department of Economics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)SERGIO SANTORO Bank of Italy, ItalyROBERTO TAMBORINI Department of Economics, University of Trento, ItalyLANCE TAYLOR Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School for Social Research, USADOMINIQUE TORRE GREDEG, CNRS, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, FranceELISE TOSI EAI Ceram, FranceJORGE UXÒ San Pablo-CEU University, SpainSTEFANIA VANACORE EconomiX, Université de Paris X-Nanterre, FranceRICARDO VIANA Department of Physics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), BrazilRUDI VON ARNIM, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School for Social Research, USA