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- Terrorism and Macroecomics
- Macroeconomics is—and will always remain—an uncertain business. With bombs falling in Afghanistan, consumer, and business confidence on a knife's edge, and the excesses and imbalances born of the so-called New Economy still to be worked off, immediate economic prospects in America are not rosy. Looking beyond the next few months...
- White papers 2001-10-15
- Separating The Business Cycle From Other Economic Fluctuations
- The U.S. economy rarely grows smoothly. Periods of variable but positive growth are interrupted occasionally by contractions, usually brief. Macroeconomics is making some progress in understanding the patterns of aggregate fluctuations. This paper focuses on the labor market, though some of the new ideas also might help explain features of...
- White papers 2006-02-09
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- Three Cogito Electronic Companions - Principles of Microeconomic, Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Cogito Learning Media, Inc
- Three Cogito Electronic Companions - Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Cogito Learning Media, Inc. Fifty user licence .549. Student version ;34. 95. For further details of contents and prices see www. cogitomedia. com. These CD-Roms have been created by some American university professors as aids to understanding...
- Research articles 2000-07-01
- Macroeconomics/Microeconomics
- MACROECONOMICS/MICROECONOMICSEconomics is a broad subject that can be divided into two areas: macroeconomics and microeconomics. To differentiate between the two, the analogy of the forest and the individual trees can be helpful. Macroeconomics is the study of the behaviors and activities of the economy as a whole; hence, the forest....
- Research articles 1999-01-01
- Macroeconomics.(Brief Article)
- Who dare call it the dismal science? MACROECONOMICS. By Olivier Blanchard. Prentice Hall; 687 pages; $67 and K26.95 EVER wish that you had learnt more economics at university? Now is the time to catch up. Olivier Blanchard's new introduction to macroeconomics is a...
- Research articles 1997-07-19
- The new political macroeconomics: an interview with Alberto Alesina
- 1. Introduction The relationship between the economy and the political system has always attracted the interest of economists. During the past decade research into the various forms of interaction between politics and macroeconomics has become a major growth area giving rise to a field known as 'the new political...
- Research articles 1999-03-22
- World Bank welcomes new report on macroeconomics and health.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 December 2001-WORLD BANK: World Bank welcomes new report on macroeconomics and health C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20122001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The World Bank today welcomed a new report from the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, which stresses the ...
- Research articles 2001-12-20
- International Macroeconomics Dynamics, Endogenous Tradability And Foreign Direct Investment With Heterogeneous Firms
- The author studies the aggregate implications of the entry of MultiNational Firms MNFs in a two country Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model in which firms have heterogenous productivity in the sense of Melitz (2003). Unlike the extant open economy macroeconomics literature, this model endogenizes both Foreign Direct Investment and exports...
- White papers 2006-11-15
- Intermediate macroeconomics without the IS-LM model. (Content Articles in Economics).
- Abstract: The IS-LM model is the primary model of economic fluctuations taught in intermediate-level undergraduate macroeconomics. Recent works by Taylor and Romer make a strong case for an alternative model, known as the aggregate demand-price adjustment (AD-PA) or the aggregate demand-inflation adjustment (AD-IA) model, as a...
- Research articles 2003-06-22
- Data-based active learning in the principles of macroeconomics course: a mock FOMC meeting.(Federal Open Market Committee)
- Abstract: The author presents an active-learning exercise for the introductory macroeconomics class in which students participate in a mock Federal Open Market Committee FOMC meeting. Preparation involves data gathering and writing both a research report and a policy recommendation. An FOMC meeting is simulated in which...
- Research articles 2006-03-22
- International Seminar on Macroeconomics
- The NBER's 25th Annual International Seminar on Macroeconomics ISOM, organized by James A. Stock, NBER and Harvard University, and Lars E.O. Svensson, NBER and Princeton University, was held on June 14-15 at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Jeffrey A. Frankel, NBER and Harvard University, and Francesco Giavazzi, NBER and...
- Research articles 2002-09-22
- International finance and macroeconomics
- The NBER's Program on International Finance and Macroeconomics met in Cambridge on March 18. NBER Research Associates Menzie D. Chinn, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Andres Velasco, Harvard University, organized this program: Linda S. Goldberg, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Michael W. Klein, NBER and Tufts University,...
- Research articles 2005-03-22
- World Development Indicators 1997.(Review of Books and Multimedia) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
- Who dare call it the dismal science? MACROECONOMICS. By Olivier Blanchard. Prentice Hall; 687 pages; $67 and K26.95 EVER wish that you had learnt more economics at university? Now is the time to catch up. Olivier Blanchard's new introduction to macroeconomics...
- Research articles 1997-07-19
- New economists: the Cambridge tendency. (Cambridge, Mass.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- IN MACROECONOMICS, the pre-eminence of America's Cambridge was for many years the pre-eminence of a single institution: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT has been the professional home of Messrs Paul Samuelson, Robert Solow and Franco Mo IN MACROECONOMICS, the pre-eminence of America's Cambridge was ...
- Research articles 1988-12-24
- JORDAN: IMF REPORT REVIEWS ECONOMIC EFFORTS, EXAMINES JORDANIAN OUTLOOK.
- According to "Jordan Times", a report by the International Monetary Fund IMF commended Jordan's efforts in stabilizing its macroeconomics during the past several years. The IMF directors concluded earlier this week the 2005 Article IV con According to "Jordan Times", a report by the International...
- Research articles 2006-01-15
- The Black & Decker Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Nishu Sood - Deutsche Bank. Nishu Sood - Deutsche Bank First question I wanted to ask was about the relative regional sales performances. Through this year, obviously a very difficult year, Latin America and Asia in particular have held...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-22
- Life-Cycles, Dynasties, Savings: Implications for Closed and Small, Open Economies
- This paper examines the macroeconomics implications of the life cycles and dynastic saving behavior for closed and small, open economies. Calibrating the life cycle variant using empirical age earnings profile, the analysis compares the long-run effects of fiscal policy shocks under both perspectives. The results quantify the implications of life-cycle...
- White papers 2000-07-01
- Interest Rates, Contagion and Capital Controls
- In this paper I analyze several issues related to contagion including its definition, recent experiences, alternative channels at work, and possible prevention mechanisms. The discussion deals with the macroeconomics implications of contagion, and concentrates on the relationship between the degree of openness of the capital account and the transmission of...
- White papers 2000-08-02
- Do Budget Rules Work?
- The design of budget rules and institutions, long a neglected area in public finance and macroeconomics, has recently been thrust to center stage by the debate over a balanced budget amendment and other deficit-reduction measures in the United States. This paper describes the existing evidence on how budget rules affect...
- White papers 1997-03-17
- Is Deflation Caused by too Many Goods or too Few Global Consumers?
- Falling prices and a falling dollar; rising bond prices and rising federal borrowing. Wait a minute. This isn't the way things are supposed to work--at least not according to the standard textbooks. Such seemingly conflicting economic signals are causing some turmoil in the conventional wisdom. The CW, of course, is...
- White papers 2003-05-26
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