Hawkins, Penelope Anne,  1965- <br/><br/>
The open economy and its financial constraints / 
Penelope Anne Hawkins. 
 - Northhampton, MA :  Edward Elgar Publishing,  c2003. 
 - xii, 273 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Introduction 1. Constraints and Economic Theory  2. Money, Liquidity Preference and Banks 3. Banks'  Liquidity Preference and Financial States of Constraint  4. Liquidity Preference and Capital Flows in an Open  Economy 5. Financial Vulnerability and the Open Economy  6. Three Vulnerable Economies: Thailand, Brazil and South  Africa 7. Financial Constraints on Economic Activity and  Employment in South Africa 8. International Liquidity  Preference and Vulnerable Economies 9. Conclusion  Bibliography Index       
<br/><br/> The Open Economy and its Financial Constraints explores the  role of money and finance in an open economy. The existence  of money and global financial flows compound the likelihood  of financial constraints, in particular, financial  vulnerability, financial exclusion and financial fragility,  and create the possibility of unemployment. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1843760282 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002029829 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business cycles--Case studies.<br/>Liquidity (Economics)--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332