The Israeli Economy, 1985–1998: From Government Intervention to Market Eco

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		The Israeli Economy, 1985–1998: From Government Intervention to Market Eco
		The Israeli Economy, 1985–1998: From Government Intervention to Market Eco

基本信息·出版社：The MIT Press
·页码：592 页
·出版日期：2002年10月
·ISBN：0262025183
·International Standard Book Number：0262025183
·条形码：9780262025188
·EAN：9780262025188
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语

内容简介 From 1973 to 1985, the Israeli economy suffered a deep crisis: the growth rate declined, foreign debt increased, and inflation soared to annual rates of a few hundred percent. This book analyzes the structural reforms initiated between 1985 and 1998 that transformed the Israeli economy from one of heavy government intervention to a market-oriented, open economy. The reforms introduced fiscal discipline, increased central bank independence, and reduced government intervention in capital, labor, and financial markets. Also, competition was fostered in monopoly-controlled markets. The results of these reforms include, among others: a decline from 77 percent to 55 percent in the government expenditure portion of the gross domestic product, a decline from 65 percent of credit volume to 5 percent in government involvement in directing credit, and almost complete elimination of the tight control of the foreign-exchange market. These reforms, together with the mass migration into Israel from the former Soviet union and the peace process with Israel’s neighbors, accelerated economic growth, particularly in the business sector. Topics discussed include the impact of macroeconomic policy and structural reforms on growth, employment, inflation, balance of payments, and the rapid expansion of high-tech industry. The book also examines the consequent increase in income inequality and related problems.
作者简介 Avi Ben-Bassat is Professor of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1999 to 2001, he was Director General of Israel??s Ministry of Finance.

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