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Cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FOCUS BOXES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- GUIDED TOUR -- PREFACE -- AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 A TOUR OF THE WORLD -- 1.1 EUROPE AND THE EURO -- 1.2 THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN THE USA -- 1.3 THE LARGEST EMERGING ECONOMIES -- 1.4 LOOKING AHEAD -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX Where to find the numbers? -- Chapter 2 A TOUR OF THE BOOK -- 2.1 AGGREGATE OUTPUT -- 2.2 OTHER MAJOR MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES -- 2.3 OUTPUT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE INFLATION RATE, OKUN'S LAW AND THE PHILLIPS CURVE -- 2.4 THE SHORT RUN, THE MEDIUM RUN AND THE LONG RUN -- 2.5 A TOUR OF THE BOOK -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX The construction of real GDP and chain-type indexes -- THE CORE -- THE SHORT RUN -- Chapter 3 THE GOODS MARKET -- 3.1 THE COMPOSITION OF GDP -- 3.2 THE DEMAND FOR GOODS -- 3.3 THE DETERMINATION OF EQUILIBRIUM OUTPUT -- 3.4 INVESTMENT EQUALS SAVING: AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THE GOODS-MARKET EQUILIBRIUM -- 3.5 IS THE GOVERNMENT OMNIPOTENT? A WARNING -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- Chapter 4 FINANCIAL MARKETS -- 4.1 THE DEMAND FOR MONEY -- 4.2 DETERMINING THE INTEREST RATE: PART 1 -- 4.3 DETERMINING THE INTEREST RATE: PART 2 -- 4.4 TWO ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE EQUILIBRIUM -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- Chapter 5 GOODS AND FINANCIAL MARKETS: THE IS-LM MODEL -- 5.1 THE GOODS MARKET AND THE IS RELATION -- 5.2 FINANCIAL MARKETS AND THE LM RELATION -- 5.3 PUTTING THE IS AND THE LM RELATIONS TOGETHER -- 5.4 USING A POLICY MIX -- 5.5 IS-LM AND THE LIQUIDITY TRAP -- 5.6 HOW DOES THE IS-LM MODEL FIT THE FACTS? -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING.
APPENDIX An analytical version of the IS-LM model -- Chapter 6 THE IS-LM MODEL IN AN OPEN ECONOMY -- 6.1 OPENNESS IN GOODS MARKETS -- 6.2 OPENNESS IN FINANCIAL MARKETS -- 6.3 THE IS RELATION IN AN OPEN ECONOMY -- 6.4 THE LM RELATION IN AN OPEN ECONOMY -- 6.5 PUTTING GOODS AND FINANCIAL MARKETS TOGETHER IN AN OPEN ECONOMY -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- Chapter 7 OUTPUT, THE INTEREST RATE AND THE EXCHANGE RATE -- 7.1 INCREASES IN DEMAND, DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN -- 7.2 DEPRECIATION, THE TRADE BALANCE AND OUTPUT -- 7.3 LOOKING AT DYNAMICS: THE J-CURVE -- 7.4 SAVING, INVESTMENT AND THE TRADE BALANCE -- 7.5 THE EFFECTS OF POLICY IN AN OPEN ECONOMY -- 7.6 FIXED EXCHANGE RATES -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEM -- FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX Derivation of the Marshall-Lerner condition -- THE MEDIUM RUN -- Chapter 8 THE LABOUR MARKET -- 8.1 A TOUR OF THE LABOUR MARKET -- 8.2 WAGE DETERMINATION -- 8.3 PRICE DETERMINATION -- 8.4 THE NATURAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT -- 8.5 WHERE WE GO FROM HERE -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX Wage and price setting relations versus labour supply and labour demand -- Chapter 9 PUTTING ALL MARKETS TOGETHER: THE AS-AD MODEL -- 9.1 AGGREGATE SUPPLY -- 9.2 AGGREGATE DEMAND -- 9.3 EQUILIBRIUM IN THE SHORT RUN AND IN THE MEDIUM RUN -- 9.4 THE EFFECTS OF A MONETARY EXPANSION -- 9.5 A DECREASE IN THE BUDGET DEFICIT -- 9.6 AN INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF OIL -- 9.7 CONCLUSIONS -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- Chapter 10 THE PHILLIPS CURVE, THE NATURAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION -- 10.1 INFLATION, EXPECTED INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- 10.2 THE PHILLIPS CURVE -- 10.3 THE PHILLIPS CURVE AND THE NATURAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING.
APPENDIX From the aggregate supply relation to a relation between inflation, expected inflation and unemployment -- Chapter 11 INFLATION, MONEY GROWTH AND THE REAL RATE OF INTEREST -- 11.1 OUTPUT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION -- 11.2 NOMINAL VERSUS REAL INTEREST RATES -- 11.3 NOMINAL AND REAL INTEREST RATES AND THE IS-LM MODEL -- 11.4 THE EFFECTS OF MONEY GROWTH -- 11.5 MONEY GROWTH, INFLATION AND NOMINAL AND REAL INTEREST RATES -- 11.6 DISINFLATION -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- Chapter 12 THE MEDIUM RUN IN AN OPEN ECONOMY -- 12.1 THE MEDIUM RUN -- 12.2 EXCHANGE RATE CRISES UNDER FIXED EXCHANGE RATES -- 12.3 EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS UNDER FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES -- 12.4 CHOOSING BETWEEN EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- THE LONG RUN -- Chapter 13 THE FACTS OF GROWTH -- 13.1 MEASURING THE STANDARD OF LIVING -- 13.2 GROWTH IN RICH COUNTRIES SINCE 1950 -- 13.3 A BROADER LOOK ACROSS TIME AND SPACE -- 13.4 THINKING ABOUT GROWTH: A PRIMER -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- Chapter 14 SAVING, CAPITAL ACCUMULATIONAND OUTPUT -- 14.1 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OUTPUT AND CAPITAL -- 14.2 THE IMPLICATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE SAVING RATES -- 14.3 GETTING A SENSE OF MAGNITUDES -- 14.4 PHYSICAL VERSUS HUMAN CAPITAL -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX The Cobb-Douglas production function and the steady state -- Chapter 15 TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS AND GROWTH -- 15.1 TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS AND THE RATE OF GROWTH -- 15.2 THE DETERMINANTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS -- 15.3 THE FACTS OF GROWTH REVISITED -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX Constructing a measure of technological progress -- EXTENSIONS -- EXPECTATIONS -- Chapter 16 FINANCIAL MARKETS AND EXPECTATIONS.
16.1 EXPECTED PRESENT DISCOUNTED VALUES -- 16.2 BOND PRICES AND BOND YIELDS -- 16.3 THE STOCK MARKET AND MOVEMENTS IN STOCK PRICES -- 16.4 RISK, BUBBLES, FADS AND ASSET PRICES -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- Chapter 17 EXPECTATIONS, CONSUMPTIONAND INVESTMENT -- 17.1 CONSUMPTION THEORY AND THE ROLE OF EXPECTATIONS -- 17.2 TOWARD A MORE REALISTIC DESCRIPTION -- 17.3 INVESTMENT -- 17.4 THE VOLATILITY OF CONSUMPTION AND INVESTMENT -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- APPENDIX Derivation of the expected present value of profits under static expectations -- Chapter 18 EXPECTATIONS, OUTPUT AND POLICY -- 18.1 EXPECTATIONS AND DECISIONS: TAKING STOCK -- 18.2 MONETARY POLICY, EXPECTATIONS AND OUTPUT -- 18.3 DEFICIT REDUCTION, EXPECTATIONS AND OUTPUT -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- EUROPE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE -- Chapter 19 THE EURO AT FOURTEEN: WAS IT A GOOD IDEA AND WHY IS IT IN TROUBLE? -- 19.1 THE MONETARY HISTORY OF EUROPE FROM POST-WAR TO THE PRESENT DAY -- 19.2 IS EUROPE AN OPTIMAL CURRENCY AREA? -- 19.3 THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF CENTRAL BANKS: STRUCTURE AND OBJECTIVES -- 19.4 THE FIRST FOURTEEN YEARS OF THE EURO (1999-2013) -- 19.5 SHOULD THE OUTS JOIN? -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- Chapter 20 THE CRISIS -- 20.1 FROM A HOUSING PROBLEM TO A FINANCIAL CRISIS -- 20.2 THE USE AND LIMITS OF POLICY -- 20.3 THE SLOW RECOVERY -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- Chapter 21 HIGH DEBT -- 21.1 THE GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET CONSTRAINT -- 21.2 THE EVOLUTION OF THE DEBT-TO-GDP RATIO -- 21.3 THE RETURN FROM A HIGH DEBT -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- SHOULD POLICY MAKERS BE RESTRAINED? -- Chapter 22 POLICY AND POLICY MAKERS: WHAT DO WE KNOW? -- 22.1 UNCERTAINTY AND POLICY.
22.2 EXPECTATIONS AND POLICY -- 22.3 POLITICS AND POLICY -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- Chapter 23 MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY RULES AND CONSTRAINTS -- 23.1 THE OPTIMAL INFLATION RATE -- 23.2 MONETARY POLICY RULES -- 23.3 FISCAL POLICY RULES AND CONSTRAINTS -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX The time inconsistency problem: Barro and Gordon model -- EPILOGUE -- Chapter 24 THE STORY OF MACROECONOMICS -- 24.1 KEYNES AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- 24.2 THE NEOCLASSICAL SYNTHESIS -- 24.3 THE RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS CRITIQUE -- 24.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS UP TO THE CRISIS -- 24.5 FIRST LESSONS FROM THE CRISIS -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX 1 A maths refresher -- APPENDIX 2 An introduction to econometrics -- GLOSSARY -- SYMBOLS USED IN THIS BOOK -- INDEX.
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Between politics and finance : Hong Kong's "infinity war"? / / edited by Alessia Amighini ; Guido Samarani [and nine others]
