Confidence, credibility, and macroeconomic policy : past, present, future / Richard C.K. Burdekin and Farrokh K. Langdana
1995, 1st edition. London ; New York : Routledge. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #386632
ISBN: 0415102782
Physical description; 209 pp., illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-200) and index. Contents; Part I Credibility in practice and in experimental testing -- chapter 2 Bond-financed deficits, taxation and expectations: An experimental test of the Ricardian equivalence theorem -- An experimental test of the Ricardian equivalence theorem* -- chapter 3 Monetary credibility and national output: An experimental verification of the Lucas 'islands' explanation of business cycles -- An experimental verification of the Lucas 'islands' explanation of business cycles* -- part Part II Confidence and credibility factors in historical perspective -- chapter 4 Public confidence and public finance during the American Civil War: Lessons from North and South -- Lessons from North and South* -- chapter 5 Deficit finance, expectations and real money balances -- The operation of the inflation tax in Germany after the First World War -- chapter 6 Does exchange rate pegging foster monetary credibility? The European Monetary System and the 1980s disinflation -- The European Monetary System and the 1980s disinflation* -- part Part III Consumer confidence and macroeconomic stabilisation in the 1990s -- chapter 7 Consumer confidence in today's macroeconomy -- Definition, measurement and potential importance -- chapter 8 Consumer confidence and the optimal timing of effective monetary stabilisation / (with Giles Mellon)* -- chapter 9 Consumer confidence and domestic fiscal stabilisation / (with Giles Mellon). Subjects; Economic stabilization. Uncertainty. Monetary policy. Fiscal policy.
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