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Growth, Destruction and the Challenges of Reconstruction: Macroeconomic Essays on Lebanon

Table of Contents

I. Preface

II. Government Spending, Taxes and the Public Debt

  1. Dépenses publiques, dette et reconstruction: les seuils à ne pas franchir. (1983)
  2. Deficits and the “Public Debt”. (1984)
  3. Finance of Government Reconstruction Expenditures. (1984)
  4. Government Spending and Taxes: Anatomy of a Crisis, 1964 – 1982. (1984)
  5. Deficits, Inflation and Depreciation: Lebanon’s Experience 1964-1988. (1989)

III. Monetary Policy, Exchange Rates, and the Payment System

  1. Flexible Exchange Rates and Competitive Banking: An Interpretation of Lebanon’s Monetary Experience, 1950-1977. (1980)
  2. The Monetary Base and the Money Stock: Evidence from Lebanon, 1964-1981. (1984)
  3. Explaining Inflation and the Depreciation of the Lebanese Pound: 1964-1982. (1984)
  4. Le Système de Paiement au Liban. (1995)

IV. Economic Consequences of War and Reconstruction

  1. Reconstruction, Investment and Economic Growth. (1984)
  2. The Effects of the War on Economic Activity in Lebanon: Quantitative Estimates. (1984)
  3. Economic Consequences of the War in Lebanon. (1986)
  4. The Political Economy of Lebanon: From Prosperity to Depression to Collapse? (1987)
  5. Lebanon 1988: Potential & Conditions for Reconstruction Return-Migration and Capital Flows. (1989)
  6. The Economic Reconstruction of Lebanon: War, Peace & Modernization. (1994)

V. Capital Markets and Reconstruction Finance

  1. The Role of Capital Markets in Lebanon’s Reconstruction; Developing Debt and Equity Markets to Finance Reconstruction. (1992)
  2. Capital Markets, Economic Stabilization and the Reconstruction of Lebanon: 1993 and Beyond. (1993)
  3. Financing Reconstruction: Issues and Opportunities. (1995)

VI. Lebanon as a Regional Hub

  1. The Renaissance of Beirut’s Financial Markets. (1995)
  2. Lebanon and the European Union at the Cross-roads: An Interim Assessment of the Partnership Agreement. (1996)
  3. The Reconstruction of Lebanon as a Regional Hub. (1997)
  4. Lebanon and Syria: Economic Relations, Challenges and Strategic Opportunities. (1998)


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