Beginning with an assessment of new thinking in macroeconomics and monetary theory, this book suggests that many … countries have adopted the New Consensus Monetary Policy since the early 1990s in an attempt to reduce inflation to low levels … the central bank. The objective of these rules is to achieve specific, or a range of, inflation targets …

those with a particular interest in monetary theory and policy. Economic analysts, commercial banks, financial institutions …

The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic …pt. 1. Productivity : definitions and methods of measurement -- pt. 2. Productivity : determinants and strategies …

Unknowable in Financial Risk Management: Measurement and Theory Advancing Practice, Chapter 1, Princeton, NJ: Princeton … academic research articles one should know in risk measurement and management. Through his central position in financial …, Correlation and Tails for Systemic Risk Measurement," Manuscript, NYU. -- Campbell, J.Y. and G.B. Tacksler (2003), "Equity …

measurement, not only detailing broad issues but also scrutinising specific domains and aspects of poverty, such as health, energy …

Measurement in Marketing Research investigates latent variables in marketing, focusing on current paradigms as well as … recently suggested alternative concepts. The book proposes a unified scientific definition of measurement that allows for … testing the hypothesis of the real existence of a latent variable. Thomas Salzberger analyses current measurement approaches …

well as offering a new approach to the measurement of technical change. The author, a leading expert in innovation … economics and management, critically reviews current schools of thought and presents his own contribution to measurement … foundations of the measurement of technical change and extends the analysis to consider the econometric and empirical perspective …

inflation targeting, the dominant policy framework of central bank policy that focuses on keeping inflation in the low single …1. Beyond inflation targeting : assessing the impacts and policy alternatives / Gerald Epstein and A. Erinc Yeldan -- 2 … and Lance Taylor -- 3. Inflation targeting and the real exchange rate in a small economy : a structuralist approach …

1. Introduction -- 2. The place of households in the post Keynesian theory of monetary production -- 3. Introducing …