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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783113803321

Titolo

Advances in economics and econometrics : theory and applications : Eighth World Congress . Volume 3 / / edited by Mathias Dewatripont, Lars Peter Hansen, Stephen J. Turnovsky [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-316-08584-8

1-280-16244-9

0-511-12104-0

1-139-14871-0

0-511-05512-9

0-511-29761-0

0-511-61026-2

0-511-06991-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Econometric Society monographs ; ; 37

Disciplina

330.015195

Soggetti

Econometrics

Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Contracting Constraints, Credit Markets, and Economic Development; CHAPTER 2 Factor Models in Large Cross Sections of Time Series; CHAPTER 3 Macroeconomic Forecasting Using Many Predictors; "Big Data" Dynamic Factor Models for Macroeconomic Measurement and Forecasting; CHAPTER 4 How Severe Is the Time-Inconsistency Problem in Monetary Policy?; CHAPTER 5 New Perspectives on Monetary Policy, Infiation, and the Business Cycle

Comments on Papers by Stefania Albanesi, V. V. Chari, and Lawrence J. Christiano and by Jordi GalíCHAPTER 6 Consumption Smoothing and Extended Families; CHAPTER 7 Computational Methods for Dynamic Equilibria with Heterogeneous Agents; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the third of three volumes containing edited versions of papers



and commentaries presented in invited symposium sessions of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society. The papers summarize and interpret recent developments and discuss future directions in a wide range of topics in economics and econometrics. The papers cover both theory and applications. Written by leading specialists in their fields, these volumes provide a unique survey of progress in the discipline.