01579cam a2200217   45000010005000000100017000050200022000221000030000441110033000742450072001072600044001793000033002235000099002565040041003555050780003966500033011766500031012096500033012407000032012737100056013056762  a  2004104388  a354021917X (hbk.)  aSiebert, Horst,bcdeq2 aKiel Week Conferenced(2003)10aMacroeconomic policies in the world economy /cHorst Siebert (ed.).  aBerlin ;aNew York :bSpringer,cc2004.  avi, 346 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aPapers from the 2003 Kiel Week Conference sponsored by the Kiel Institute for World Economics.  aIncludes bibliographical references.  aCONTENTS: Cyclical Interdependence in the World Economy:  Have National Business Cycles Become More Synchronized? - - Is There a European Business Cycle? -- Volatility and  Comovement in a Globalized World Economy: An Empirical  Exploration -- The Role of Multinational Corporations in  International Business Cycle Transmission: Skew Lines or  Arbitrage Opportunities? -- How Does International  Economic Integration Influence Social Inequalities in  Emerging Market Economies? -- Asset Price Booms and  Monetary Policy -- A Need for International Coordination  of Macro Policies?: Macroeconomic Policy Coordination in  Europe - An Agnostic View -- A Critical Review of  Coordination Efforts in the Past -- Winners and Losers of  Tax Competition in the European Union.grt 0aEconomic policyvCongresses. 0aFiscal policyvCongresses. 0aMonetary policyvCongresses.1 aSiebert, Horst,d1938-2009.2 aUniversit�t Kiel.bInstitut f�r Weltwirtschaft.