Fuchs, Jérôme, Pons, Jean-Marc, Goodman, Steven M, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Melo, Martim, Bowie, Rauri CK, ...
Abstract Background The island of Madagascar and surrounding volcanic and coralline islands are considered to form a biodiversity hotspot with large numbers of unique taxa. The origin of this endemic...
Mark Utting, Ian Toyn, Jing Sun, Andrew Martin, Jin Song Dong, David Currie
Abstract. This paper proposes an XML format for standard Z. We describe several earlier XML proposals for Z, the problems and issues that arose, and the rationales behind our new proposal. The new...
Prediction of Physical Properties of Yeast Cell Suspensions using Dielectric Spectroscopy (2006)
Currie, David, Lee, Mark, Todd, R.W.
This work concerns the modelling of the dielectric properties of biological cell suspensions. The relative permittivity of a suspension is proportional to the volume fraction of suspended cells but...
Embedded software verification using symbolic execution and uninterpreted functions (2006)
David Currie, Xiushan Feng, Masahiro Fujita, Mark Kwan, Sreeranga Rajan, Alan J. Hu, ...
Symbolic simulation and uninterpreted functions have long been staple techniques for formal hardware verification. In recent years, we have adapted these techniques for the automatic, formal...
Willman, Paul, Coen, David, Currie, David, Siner, Martin
The radical changes instituted in the regulation of privatized public utilities in the UK in the 1980s and early 1990s have been the subject of extensive discussion, and have been partly instrumental...
D.: ZML: XML Support for Standard Z (2003)
Mark Utting, Ian Toyn, Jing Sun, Andrew Martin, Jin Song Dong, Nicholas Daley, ...
Abstract. This paper proposes an XML format for standard Z.We describe several earlier XML proposals for Z, the problems and issues that arose, and the rationales behind our new proposal. The new...
D.: ZML: XML Support for Standard Z (2003)
Nicholas Daley, Nicholas Daley, Mark Utting, Mark Utting, Mark Utting, Ian Toyn, ...
Abstract. This paper proposes an XML format for standard Z. We describe several earlier XML proposals for Z, the problems and issues that arose, and the rationales behind our new proposal. The new...
Willman, Paul, Coen, David, Currie, David, Siner, Martin
The radical changes instituted in the regulation of privatized public utilities in the UK in the 1980s and early 1990s have been the subject of extensive discussion, and have been partly instrumental...
ZML:XML support for standard Z. (2002)
Utting, Mark, Toyn, Ian, Sun, Jing, Martin, Andrew, Dong, Jin Song, Daley, Nicholas, ...
This paper proposes an XML format for standard Z. We describe several earlier XML proposals for Z, the problems and issues that arose, and the rationales behind our new proposal. The new proposal is...
ZML:XML support for standard Z. (2002)
Utting, Mark, Toyn, Ian, Sun, Jing, Martin, Andrew, Dong, Jin Song, Daley, Nicholas, ...
This paper proposes an XML format for standard Z. We describe several earlier XML proposals for Z, the problems and issues that arose, and the rationales behind our new proposal. The new proposal is...
Layard, Richard, Buiter, Willem H., Currie, David, Huhne, Christopher, Hutton, Will, Kenen, Peter, ...
Phases of Imitation and Innovation in a North-South Endogenous Growth Model (1996)
David Currie, David Currie, Paul Levine, Paul Levine, Michael Chui, Michael Chui, ...
In this paper, we develop a North-South endogenous growth model to examine three phases of development in the South: imitation of Northern products, imitation and innovation and finally, innovation...
An Evaluation of Alternative Indicator Regimes for Monetary Policy
This paper evaluates alternative designs of indicator regimes for monetary policy in a small stochastic macromodel of the small open economy with rational expectations. The paper first derives...
Macroeconomic Policy Design and Control Theory - A Failed Partnership?
This paper provides a general review of recent developments in the application of control theory to macroeconomic policy design. It starts by highlighting the crucial difference between the...
Alternative Financial Policy Rules in an Open Economy Under Rational and Adaptive Expectations
Rod Whittaker, Simon Wren-Lewis, Keith Blackburn, David Currie
The potential instability of a fixed monetary rule combined with automatic fixed stabilisers is a well-established feature of closed economy IS/LM models with wealth effects and asset accumulation....
Credibility and Time Inconsistency in a Stochastic World
This paper re-examines the issue of the credibility and sustainability of optimal policies derived from Pontryagin's Maximum Principle and generally regarded as time-inconsistent, in models with...
The Sustainability of Optimal Cooperative Macroeconomic Policies in a Two- Country World
The paper investigates the sustainability of cooperative rules for the conduct of macroeconomic policy in a two-country world. The problem is set out as a supergame in which the threat strategy is to...
International Cooperation and Reputation in an Empirical Two-Bloc Model
David Currie, Paul Levine, Nic Vidalis
This paper examines three questions concerning the international coordination of macroeconomic policy. First it examines whether it is advantageous for governments to cooperate in the determination...
Evaluating the Extended Target Zones Proposal for the G3
David Currie, Simon Wren-Lewis
This paper evaluates the extended target zone proposal of Williamson and Miller using the National Institute world economic model (GEM). Williamson and Miller's proposals envisage that real exchange...
Phases of Imitation and Innovation in a North-South Endogenous Growth Model
David Currie, Paul Levine, Joeseph Pearlman, Michael Chui
In this paper, we develop a North-South endogenous growth model to examine three phases of development in the South: imitation of Northern products, imitation and innovation and finally, innovation...
European Monetary Union or Hard EMS?
Currie, David, Levine, Paul L, Pearlman, Joseph
This paper contributes to the debate engendered by the Delors Report on the issue of European Monetary Union. It focuses on the options of a strengthened (or hard-) EMS, with a commitment to a fixed...
How OECD policies affected Latin America in the 1980s
Allen, Chris, Currie, David, Srinivasan, T. G., Vines, David
The authors assess the effects of OECD monetary and fiscal policies on Latin America by means of simulation studies using the LBS/NIESR Global Econometric Model and a new empirical model of Latin...
The Choice of 'Conservative' Bankers in Open Economies: Monetary Regime Options for Europe.
Currie, David, Levine, Paul, Pearlman, Joseph
That governments should delegate the operation of monetary policy to independent central banks is widely advocated. For a closed economy, the optimal choice results in a banker who is more...
European Monetary Union: Institutional Structure and Economic Performance.
This paper examines what economics can say about a regime shift from the exchange rate mechanism to European monetary union. The primary issues concern the credibility of monetary and fiscal policy;...
Partial Information and Volatility in a Two-Bloc World.
Currie, David, Levine, Paul, Pearlman, Joseph
This paper examines the effects of partial information on volatility and on the design of simple feedback rules in a rational expectations context. Previous studies have investigated these effects...
The Budget embodies many of the recommendations that we have put forward over the last year-on personal savings and the appropriate stance of macro-economic policy- but a void remains on the key...
A macroeconomic view of the 1989 Budget
This year the Chancellor introduced a quiet Budget, but not a dull one. In macroeconomic terms, the modest tax cuts that the Chancellor introduced represent a slight tightening of the stance of...
Target zones and alternative proposals for G3 policy coordination: An empirical evaluation using GEM
The Sustainability of Optimal Cooperative Macroeconomic Policies in a Two-Country World
The paper investigates the sustainability of cooperative rules for the conduct of macroeconomic policy in a two-country world. The problem is set out as a supergame in which the threat strategy is to...
An Evaluation of Alternative Indicator Regimes for Monetary Policy
This Paper evaluates alternative designs of indicator regimes for monetary policy in a small stochastic macromodel of the small open economy with rational expectations. The paper first derives...
Macroeconomic Policy Design and Control Theory - A Failed Partnership?
This paper provides a general review of recent developments in the application of control theory to macroeconomic policy design. It starts by highlighting the crucial difference between the...
Alternative Financial Policy Rules in an Open Economy Under Rational and Adaptive Expectations
Blackburn, Keith, Currie, David, Whittaker, R, Wren-Lewis, Simon
The potential instability of a fixed monetary rule combined with automatic fixed stabilisers is a well-established feature of closed economy IS/LM models with wealth effects and asset accumulation....
Credibility and Time Inconsistency in a Stochastic World
This paper re-examines the issue of the credibility and sustainability of optimal policies derived from Pontryagin's Maximum Principle and generally regarded as time-inconsistent, in models with...
International Cooperation and Reputation in an Empirical Two-Bloc Model
Currie, David, Levine, Paul L, Vidalis, Nic
This paper examines three questions concerning the international coordination of macroeconomic policy. First it examines whether it is advantageous for governments to cooperate in the determination...
Evaluating the Extended Target Zones Proposal for the G3
Currie, David, Wren-Lewis, Simon
This paper evaluates the extended target zone proposal of Williamson and Miller using the National Institute world economic model (GEM). Williamson and Miller's proposals envisage that real exchange...
The Theory and Practice of International Policy Coordination: Does Coordination Pay?
Currie, David, Holtham, Gerald, Hughes, Gordon
This paper is a review of the theory and practice of international economic policy coordination. Coordination is defined as the joint control of some economic policies by several countries. We review...
Can Delegation be Counterproductive? The Choice of 'Conservative' Bankers in Open Economies
Currie, David, Levine, Paul L, Pearlman, Joseph
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the open economy aspects of the 'delegation game' in which the operation of monetary policy is delegated to independent and `conservative' central...
Phases of Imitation and Innovation in a North-South Endogenous Growth Model
Chui, Michael, Currie, David, Levine, Paul L, Pearlman, Joseph
In this paper, we develop a North-South endogenous growth model to examine three phases of development in the South: imitation of Northern products; imitation and innovation; and finally, innovation...
Delegation and the Ratchet Effect: Should Regulators Be Pro-Industry?
Currie, David, Levine, Paul L, Rickman, Neil
Delegation to independent bodies whose preference can be different from those of the government has been shown to have beneficial commitment benefits in areas as widely diverse as monetary policy and...
Paul Willman, David Coen, David Currie, Martin Siner
The radical changes instituted in the regulation of privatized public utilities in the UK in the 1980s and early 1990s have been the subject of extensive discussion, and have been partly instrumental...
Fuchs, Jérôme, Pons, Jean-Marc, Goodman, Steven M, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Melo, Martim, Bowie, Rauri CK, ...
Rules, Reputation and Macroeconomic Policy Coordination
In this book David Currie and Paul Levine address a broad range of issues concerning the design and conduct of macroeconomic policy in open economies. Adopting neo-Keynesian models for which monetary...
Rules, Reputation and Macroeconomic Policy Coordination
In this book David Currie and Paul Levine address a broad range of issues concerning the design and conduct of macroeconomic policy in open economies. Adopting neo-Keynesian models for which monetary...
Macroeconomic Interactions between North and South
This volume contains the proceedings of a September 1987 conference organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the International Economics Study Group. The introduction provides a major...
North-South Linkages and International Macroeconomic Policy
In recent years researchers have begun to apply economic techniques initially developed to analyse the industrialised countries to analyse North-South interactions in the world economy. This volume,...