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Macroeconomic Theory Thomas J. Sargent

Macroeconomic Theory By Thomas J. Sargent

Macroeconomic Theory by Thomas J. Sargent


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Include chapters such as: The Consumption Function, Government Debt and Taxes, and Dynamic Optimal Taxation. This book also features chapters dealing with difference equations, stochastic difference equations, and investment under uncertainty.

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Macroeconomic Theory Summary

Macroeconomic Theory by Thomas J. Sargent

Macroeconomic Theory, in its first edition, was widely adopted for use as a graduate text; this updated and expanded version should find even greater popularity as a text and as a research reference. It has been substantially revised to include three entirely new chapters: The Consumption Function, Government Debt and Taxes, and Dynamic Optimal Taxation. Significant additions have been made to three of the original chapters dealing with difference equations, stochastic difference equations, and investment under uncertainty.

Macroeconomic Theory Reviews

When the manuscript for the first edition of this book was sent to the publisher in 1977, I was only beginning to understand the ramifications of the cross-equation restrictions that the hypothesis of rational expectations imposes on an equilibrium stochastic process of a dynamic model. Some of those ramifications had leaked into the first edition of this book, but many more are present in this edition. A formula expressing these restrictions in linear models was published by Lars Hansen and me in 1980. That formula is applied repeatedly in this edition. --Preface to the Second Edition The first edition appeared at a time when discussions of the 'policy ineffectiveness proposition' occupied much of the attention of macroeconomists. As work of John B. Taylor has made clear, the methodological and computational implications of the hypothesis of rational expectations for the theory of optimal macroeconomic policy far transcend the question of whether we accept or reject particular models embodying particular neutrality propositions. Indeed, relative to the simple early models of Barro and Sargent and Wallace, models in which government policy choices affect allocations require much more intricate exploitation of the cross-equation restrictions of rational expectations in optimally choosing government policy. The current edition contains many more examples of models in which a government faces a nontrivial policy choice than did the earlier edition. --Preface to the Second Edition

About Thomas J. Sargent

Steve Heller has been a professional programmer for about 25 years, and is the President of Chrysalis Software Corporation, a consulting firm specializing in high-performance software, and practical, down-to-earth instructional materials. He is the author of two excellent books, Efficient C/C++ Programming and Whos Afraid of C++?.

Table of Contents

Nonstochastic Macroeconomics: Introduction. The Classical Model. The Keynesian Model. Tobins Dynamic Aggregative Model. Miscellaneous Topics. Dynamic Analysis of a Keynesian Model. The Investment Schedule. Introduction to Stochastic Macroeconomics: Behavior Under Uncertainty. Implicit Labor Contracts and Sticky Wages. Difference Equations and Lag Operators. Linear Least Squares Projections (Regressions). Linear Stochastic Difference Equations. The Consumption Function. Government Debt and Taxes. Investment Under Uncertainty. Dynamic Optimal Taxation. The Phillips Curve. Optimal Monetary Policy. Aspects of the New Classical Macroeconomics. Appendix: Formulas from Trigonometry. Exercises. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

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CIN0126197512G
9780126197518
0126197512
Macroeconomic Theory by Thomas J. Sargent
Used - Good
Hardback
Emerald Publishing Limited
19871128
536
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