Issues in Finance and Monetary Policy

Introduction; J.McCombie & C.R.Rodriguez Strong Uncertainty and How to Cope with it to Improve Action and Capacity; P.Davidson Inflation Targeting: Assessing the Evidence; A.Angeriz & P.Arestis Transparency Versus Openness in Monetary Policy; E.Carre Dynamic Analysis of a Monetary Policy Shock on Banking Behaviour; E.Le Heron Credibility of Interest Rate Policies in Eight EMS Countries: An Application of the Markov Regime-Switching of a Bivariate Autoregressive Model; P.Arestis & K.Mouratidis Why do Firms Hedge? A Review of the Evidence; A.Judge Concentration Versus Efficiency and Financial Liberalization in Latin American Banking; G.Chortareas, J.G.G.García & C.Girardone The Role of Financial Institutions in the Context of Economic Development; S.Basu