Advances in Monetary Policy and Macroeconomics

Mª JESUS ARROYO San Pablo-CEU University, Spain GEORGIOS CHORTAREAS University of Essex, UK MARCELO CURADO Department of Economics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil MURIEL DAL-PONT LEGRAND GREDEG, CNRS, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France ELISABETTA DE ANTONI Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy KORKUT ERTURK Department of Economics, University of Utah, USA; The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USA DANIELA FEDERICI Department of Economics, University of Cassino, Italy JAMES JUNIPER Centre of Full Employment and Equity, The University of Newcastle, Australia WILLIAM MITCHELL Centre of Full Employment and Equity, The University of Newcastle, Australia OLIVIER MUSY CEDERS, University of Aix-Marseille 2, France ELIZABETH OCHOA Economic Analysis Department, Banco Central de Venezuela CHIARA OLDANI ISAE, Italy; Luiss G. Carli University, Rome, Italy CAROLINA PAGLIACCI Economic Research Department, Banco Central de Venezuela, Venezuela GIULIANA PASSAMANI Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy THEODORE PELAGIDIS University of Piraeus, Greece SÉBASTIAN POMMIER CREM UMR 62 11, CNRS, University of Rennes 1, France GABRIEL PORCILE Department of Economics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) SERGIO SANTORO Bank of Italy, Italy ROBERTO TAMBORINI Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy LANCE TAYLOR Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School for Social Research, USA DOMINIQUE TORREGREDEG, CNRS, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France ELISE TOSI EAI Ceram, France JORGE UXÒ San Pablo-CEU University, Spain STEFANIA VANACORE EconomiX, Université de Paris X-Nanterre, France RICARDO VIANA Department of Physics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil RUDI VON ARNIM, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School for Social Research, USA

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