Macroeconomics in the Small and the Large

Essays on Microfoundations, Macroeconomic Applications and Economic History in Honor of Axel Leijonhufvud

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

This book honors the work of the influential economist Axel Leijonhufvud. His work in macroeconomics, monetary theory and European economic history has spurred great discussion over many years, and the authors of this book comprise some of the very best economists active today. The broad influence of his work is evident in the variety of subjects his readers address.The topics range from Keynesian economics and the economics of high inflation to the micro-foundations of macroeconomics and economic history. The reader will find an intriguing compilation of ideas ranging from bankruptcy and collateral debt, the macroeconomics of broken promises, interest rate setting, growth patterns of macro models, innovation history to macroeconomics with intelligent autonomous agents.Scholars and students of economic history, Keynesian economics and alternative monetary theory will be delighted with the work inspired by this influential thinker.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-12-28
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781848440463

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Makroekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

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Edited by Roger E.A. Farmer, Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, US

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'Roger Farmer is to be congratulated for editing this splendid set of essays in honour of Axel Leijonhufvud. . . I am sure that most of the readers of these essays will be excited and stimulated by their contents.'

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:PrefaceIntroduction1. Axel Leijonhufvud and the Quest for Micro-foundations: Some ReflectionsDavid Laidler2. Old-Keynesian EconomicsRoger E.A. Farmer3. Interest Rate Setting in the Presence of Investment Prospects and Knightian UncertaintyEdmund S. Phelps4. Macroeconomics of Broken PromisesDaniel Heymann5. Bankruptcy and Collateral in Debt Constrained MarketsTimothy J. Kehoe and David K. Levine6. Growth Patterns of Two Types of Macro-Models: Limiting Behavior of One- and Two-Parameter Poisson–Dirichlet ModelsMasanao Aoki7. Time Inconsistency of Robust Control?Lars Peter Hansen and Thomas J. Sargent8. A Tale of Two Countries: Innovation and Incentives Among Great Inventors in Britain and the United States, 1750–1930B. Zorina Khan and Kenneth L. Sokoloff9. Macroeconomics with Intelligent Autonomous AgentsPeter HowittAxel Leijonhufvud: PublicationsIndex