Global linkages : macroeconomics interdependence and cooperation in the world economy / Warwick K. McKibbin and Jeffrey D. Sachs. - Washington D. C. : Brookings Institutions, 1991. - xvi, 277 p. : ill. ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents : Introduction -- The theory of macroeconomics interdependence -- A dynamic general equilibrium model of the world economy -- International transmission of shocks and policy changes -- Explaining the world economy in the 1980s -- Alternative policies to correct global trade imbalances -- The theory of macroeconomic policy coordination -- Empirical analysis of macroeconomic policy coordination -- Implications of macroeconomic policy rules for the world economy -- Conclusions and lessons for policy.

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