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Understanding and profiting from the recession of 2007-2009
Duvic, Robert Conrad (contributor); Ambler, Tony (contributor) - 2009
strives to look back and first understand on a macroeconomic level what causes the business cycle of expansion and recession … difficult economic climate. Even though the expansion/recession cycle is still prevalent today, the affects of these swings … economic waters ahead as we try to recover from the current recession. These recommendations hinge on policy advisors and …
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14.452 Macroeconomic Theory II, Spring 2005
Blanchard, Olivier - 2005
The basic machines of macroeconomics. Ramsey, Solow, Samuelson-Diamond, RBCs, ISLM, Mundell-Fleming, Fischer-Taylor. How they work, what shortcuts they take, and how they can be used. Half-term subject. From the course home page: Course Description This is the second course in the four-quarter...
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Money and Production: A Pluralist Analysis
Weir, Diarmid J. G. - 2008
The purpose of this thesis is to argue that the core of a monetary economy is a network of triangular contracts between banks, firms, workers and capital goods suppliers. Not only does this network give rise to the creation and valuation of money but it is the organising feature of modern...
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Stock Markets and Household Wealth: Can a Stock Market Crash Cause a Recession in The U.S. Economy?
Singh, Ishan - 2008
Stock market wealth effects on the level of consumption in the United States economy have been constantly debated; there is evidence for arguments for and against its prominence and its symmetry. This paper seeks to investigate the strength of its negative effect by creating models to analyze...
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Information, Central Bank Communication, and Aggregate Fluctuations
Mendes, Rhys R. - 2008
This thesis examines two closely related issues: (1) the ability of imperfect information models to explain some aspects of business cycle dynamics, and (2) the interaction between central bank communications and monetary policy. These issues are related because central bank communications can...
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The sensitivity of south African inflation expectations to surprises
Reid M. - 2009
Price stability is widely recognised as the primary goal of modern monetary policy, and the management of private sector inflation expectations has become an essential channel through which this goal is achieved. This evaluation aims to improve the understanding of how the sensitivity of private...
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Fiscal policy with endogenous money and interest rate targeting
Hart, Neil - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006
This paper presents a critique of the traditional textbook representation of fiscal policy, and highlights the misleading policy implications perpetuated by this analysis. In particular, the conclusion that fiscal deficits are likely to be associated with higher interest rates is disputed, as is...
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14.452 Macroeconomic Theory II, Spring 2002
Blanchard, Olivier - 2002
The basic machines of macroeconomics. Ramsey, Solow, Samuelson-Diamond, RBCs, ISLM, Mundell-Fleming, Fischer-Taylor. How they work, what shortcuts they take, and how they can be used. Half-term subject. From the course home page: Course Description This is the second course in the four-quarter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433258
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Monetary Policy Coming Out of Recession
Schwartz, Anna J.
Since 1959 the U. S. has experienced six recessions, not counting the recession that began, according to the National … Bureau of Economic Research, in March 2001. If the date the latest recession ended is taken to be 12/01, in line with … Chairman Greenspan?s testimony on March 7, 2002, that recovery is well under way, we can count a seventh recession since 1959 …
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ESSAYS ON THE MACROECONOMICS OF LABOR MARKETS
Stetsenko, Sergiy - 2010
This dissertation consists of two essays studying macroeconomics questions about labor markets. The research in this document is separated into chapters that study distinct features of aggregate labor market outcomes.The first essay documents the change in behavior of fertility rate at business...
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