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Online-Ressource (xxvi, 527 p)
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Type of publication: Book / Working Paper
Language: English
Notes:
"First edition"--Pref
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Macroeconomics; Copyright; Contents; List of "Doing Economics" Boxes; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgments; Part I. Preliminary Topics; Chapter 1. An Introduction to Macroeconomics; 1.1 Methods of Analysis in Macroeconomics; 1.2 What Macroeconomists Do: Building and Testing Models; 1.3 Principles of Macroeconomic Analysis; 1.4 Learning Macroeconomics; 1.5 Chapter Organization; 1.6 Questions for Study and Review; Mathematical Appendix: Analytical Methods; Chapter 2. Concepts and Measurement; 2.1 National Income Accounting
2.2 Relationships Implied by NIPA Accounting2.3 Essential Economic Concepts; 2.4 Concluding Remarks; 2.5 Questions for Study and Review; Appendix: Compound Growth Rate Formulas; Chapter 3. Business Cycle Measurement; 3.1 The Business Cycle: A Definition; 3.2 Properties of Macroeconomic Data; 3.3 Serial Persistence and Comovement; 3.4 Cyclical Indicators; 3.5 Concluding Remarks; 3.6 Questions for Study and Review; Part II. Microfoundations; Chapter 4. Consumption; 4.1 A Model of Household Behavior; 4.2 How Consumption Responds to Changes in its Determinants; 4.3 The Permanent Income Hypothesis
4.4 Ricardian Equivalence4.5 A Simplified Consumption Model; 4.6 Consumption and Saving Over the Life Cycle; 4.7 Concluding Remarks; 4.8 Questions for Study and Review; Chapter 5. Investment; 5.1 The Behavior of a Firm; 5.2 Investment in Plant and Equipment; 5.3 The Forward-Looking Nature of Investment; 5.4 More on the User Cost of Capital; 5.5 The Stock Market and Investment; 5.6 Inventory Investment; 5.7 Concluding Remarks; 5.8 Questions for Study and Review; Chapter 6. Government; 6.1 The Role of Government; 6.2 Government Expenditures and Tax Receipts
6.3 The Government Budget Constraint (GBC)6.4 Financing Government Expenditures; 6.5 Concluding Remarks; 6.6 Questions for Study and Review; Chapter 7. Money; 7.1 Definitions and Uses of Money; 7.2 The Demand for Money; 7.3 The Supply of Money; 7.4 The Money Market; 7.5 The Velocity of Money; 7.6 Concluding Remarks; 7.7 Questions for Study and Review; Chapter 8. The Labor Market; 8.1 Labor Market Concepts and Data; 8.2 The Demand for Labor; 8.3 Labor Supply; 8.4 The Market for Labor; 8.5 Inflexible Real Wages; 8.6 Concluding Remarks; 8.7 Questions for Study and Review
Part III. Aggregate Economic ModelsChapter 9. Classical Models of the Aggregate Economy; 9.1 Potential GDP; 9.2 The Demand for Goods and the Classical Model of the Economy; 9.3 Exercises Using the Classical Model; 9.4 Intertemporal Productive Efficiency; 9.5 Intertemporal Efficiency and Welfare; 9.6 Economic Growth: An Introduction; 9.7 Concluding Remarks; 9.8 Questions for Study and Review; Chapter 10. Economic Growth; 10.1 Growth Accounting; 10.2 The Solow Growth Model; 10.3 The Empirical Implications of the Solow Model; 10.4 Growth without Convergence; 10.5 An Extended Solow Model
10.6 The Role of Government
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