CONTENTS
Fiscal Content of Financial Programs Supported by Stand-By Arrangements in the Upper Credit Tranches, 1969–78
W.A. BEVERIDGE and MARGARET R. KELLY
Monetary Shocks and the Dynamics of Inflation
MOHSIN S. KHAN
The World Model of Merchandise Trade: Simulation Applications
DUNCAN M. RIPLEY
Short-Run Effects of Exchange Rate Changes on Terms of Trade and Trade Balance
ERICH SPITÄLLER
Gasoline Taxation in Selected OECD Countries, 1970–79
ALAN A. TAIT and DAVID R. MORGAN
The International Monetary Fund, 1978–1979: A Selected Bibliography
ANNE C. M. SALDA
Summaries
Résumés
Resúmenes
Front Matter Page
STAFF PAPERS
Norman K. Humphreys, Editor
Mary Ellen Lucas and Jennie Lee Carter
Assistant Editors
Editorial Committee
Norman K. Humphreys, Chairman
Jacques R. Artus
W. A. Beveridge
Sterie T. Beza
Eduard H. Brau
Adalbert Knöbl
Anthony Lanyi
Ichiro Otani
Rose S. Porras
Brock K. Short
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