Macroeconomics

Name: Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9780131368736

ISBN-10: 0131368737

ISBN-13: 9780131368736

Edition: 4th 2011

Authors: Stephen D. D. Williamson

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Williamsonrsquo;sMacroeconomicsuses a thoroughly modern approach that is consistent with the way that macroeconomic research is conducted today. The text builds macroeconomic models from a foundation of microeconomic principles. This methodology prepares students for further study in economics by allowing deeper insight into growth processes and business cycles, integrating the study of macroeconomics with microeconomics, and maintaining consistency with current methods of macroeconomic research.

Book details

List price: $224.40
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 2/11/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 720
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English




Introduction and Measurement Issues



Introduction



Measurement



Business Cycle Measurement



A One-Period Model of the Macroeconomy



Consumer and Firm Behavior: the Workï¿½ï¿½ï¿½Leisure Decision and Profit Maximization



A Closed-Economy One-Period Macroeconomic Model



Economic Growth



Economic Growth: Malthus and Solow



Income Disparity Among Countries and Endogenous Growth



Savings, Investment, and Government Deficits



A Two-Period Model: the Consumptionï¿½ï¿½ï¿½Savings Decision and Credit Markets



Credit Market Imperfections: Credit Frictions, Financial Crises, and Social Security



A Real Intertemporal Model with Investment



Money and Business Cycles



Money, Banking, Prices, and Monetary Policy



Market-Clearing Models of the Business Cycle



New Keynesian Economics: Sticky Prices



International Macroeconomics



International Trade in Goods and Assets



Money in the Open Economy



Topics in Macroeconomics



Money, Inflation, and Banking



Unemployment: Search and Efficiency Wages



Inflation, the Phillips Curve, and Central Bank Commitment