Economic Policy

Top economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy. Examination of key issues pertinent to the multinational trading system, as well as regional trade arrangements and policy developments at the national level. Provides up-to-date assessments of the World Trade Organization's current Trade Policy Reviews."Economic Policy" is written for all those with an informed interest in economic policy problems. All articles are submitted to rigorous scrutiny by a panel of distinguished economists from around the world, resulting in a volume of authoritative and accessible articles, each followed by the comments of panel members.

Editors' introduction.
1. Currency mismatch, systemic risk and growth in emerging Europe (Romain Ranciere, Aaron Tornell and Athanasios Vamvakidis).
2. Mitigating the pro-cyclicality of Basel II (Rafael Repullo, Jesus Saurina and Carlos Trucharte).
3. Multinational banking in Europe - financial stability and regulatory implications: lessons from the financial crisis (Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Giacomo Calzolari, Alberto Franco Pozzolo and Micol Levi).
4. Inflation risk and the inflation risk premium (Geert Bekaert and Xiaozheng Wang). Index.