01881cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015097 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 15.00 USD 9781589066502 1020-7635 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Research Dept. IMF Staff Papers, Volume 54, No. 2. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007. 1 online resource (235 pages) IMF Staff Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Vol. 54, No. 2 includes three notable contributions from the Seventh Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference (ARC) hosted by the IMF in November 2006. Its lead paper, by Olivier Blanchard of Harvard University, is the 2006 Mundell-Fleming Lecture (delivered at the ARC), which analyzes current-account deficits in the advanced economies. Other papers in this issue look at the relationship between international financial integration and the real economy. Other papers discuss whether (or not): i) the next capital account crisis can be predicted; ii) accepted definitions of debt crises are adequate; iii) the Doha Round of trade talks (if they are ever successfully completed) will lead to preference erosion; and finally iv) there is room for political opportunism in countries deciding between money-based or exchange-rate-based stabilization programs. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Papers; IMF Staff Papers ; No. 2007/003 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/024/2007/003/024.2007.issue-003-en.xml IMF e-Library