Knoester, A. & A.H.E.M. Wellink (eds).
Tinbergen Lectures on Economic Policy.
Amsterdam : North-Holland, 1993. Hardcover. xi,157 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. Contains : Part 1 Six Tinbergen lectures on economic policy, A. Knoester and A.H.E.M. Wellink: on macroeconometrics, profitability and macroeconomic policy; on privatization, economic growth and monetary policy. Part 2 Tinbergen and the Royal Netherlands Economic Association, A. Knoester and A.H.E.M. Wellink: the Royal Netherlands Economic Association; Tinbergen's 1936 address to the Royal Netherlands Economic Association - the world's first empirical macroeconomic model; reactions to Tinbergen's model at the 1936 annual meeting of the Royal Netherlands Economic Association; Tinbergen's four other addresses to the Royal Netherlands Economic Association; Tinbergen's 1936 model. Part 3 Tinbergen's work-change and continuity, J. Kol and P. de Wolff: areas of Tinbergen's work - change; characteristics of Tinbergen's work - continuity; concluding remarks. Part 4 Carrying forward the Tinbergen initiative in macroeconometrics, L.R. Klein. Part 5 Profitability and factor demands under uncertainty, E. Malinvaud: an overview; the production function; the demand function; optimal behaviour; comparative statics - the kinked demand curve; comparative static - the linear demand curve; concluding comments. Part 6 On the theory of macroeconomic policy, J. Tobin: Jan Tinbergen and the theory of policy; applications in macroeconomics; uncertainty about the effects of instruments; pitfalls in policy exploitations of empirical regularities; relations between qualitative and quantitative policies; what can economists say about policy objectives?; concluding remarks. Part 7 The principles of privatization in eastern Europe, J. Kornai: values; the transformation's evolutionary nature and the role of the state; types of owners; domestic and foreign ownership; the pace of privatization. Part 8 Policies for economic growth, R.M. Solow. Part 9 The recent failure of US monetary policy, M. Feldstein: targets for nominal GDP and the money stock; why the Fed was not aggressive enough - managing short-term interest rates; the Fed's lack of direct control of M2; the new bank requirements; concluding thoughts. ISBN 9780444815699.
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