Monetary Theory as a Basis for Monetary Policy

ISBN-13: 9781349653768 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 271 str.

Axel Leijonhufvud; A. Leijonhufvud

Opis

Since the inflationary 1970s, theoretical work on monetary policy has concentrated almost exclusively on price-level stabilization and the avoidance of nominal shocks.

Spis treści

The International Economic Association Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction; A.Leijonhufvud Monetary Theory and Central Banking; A.Leijonhufvud Comment; J.Mélitz PART I: INTERTEMPORAL EQUILIBRIUM Intertemporal General Equilibrium Theory and Monetary Policy; J.Drèze & H.Polemarchakis Comment; J.M.Grandmont Comment; J.Urrutia The Fiscalist Approach to Monetary Theory; R.Marimon Comment; S.Honkapohja Inflation and Welfare; R.Lucas Comment; D.Laidler Comment; H.W.Sinn PART II: MONETARY AND FINANCIAL INSTABILITY Business Cycles in a Financially Deregulated America; A.Wojnilower Comment; L.Jonung Learning About Trends: Spending and Credit Fluctuations in Open Economies; D.Heymann, M.Kaufman & P.Sanguinetti Comment; P.L.Sacco Comment; J.L.Gaffard Monetary Policy and the Macroeconomics of 'Soft' Growth; J.P.Fitoussi Comment; E.Streissler Index of Names Subject Index

O autorze

JACQUES DRÈZE CORE, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium JEAN-PAUL FITOUSSI Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, France JEAN-LUC GAFFARD University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France JEAN-MICHEL GRANDMONT CREST, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France SEPPO HONKAPOHJA University of Helsinki, Finland LARS JONUNG Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden DAVID LAIDLER University of Western Ontario, Canada ROBERT LUCAS University of Chicago, USA RAMON MARIMON European University Institute, Florence, Italy JACQUES MÉLITZ Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique, Paris, France HERACLES POLEMARCHAKIS Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium PIER LUIGI SACCO University of Bologna, Italy HANS-WERNER SINN University of München, Germany ERICH STREISSLER Institut für Wirtschaftwissenschaft, Universität, Austria JUAN URRUTIA Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain ALBERT WOJNILOWER The Clipper Group, New York, USA