Economic modeling in the post great recession era incomplete data, imperfect markets

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Silvia, John, author (author), Iqbal, Azhar (Economist), author, House, Sarah Watt, 1985- author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated [2017]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Wiley and SAS business series.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009849115006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Series
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Preface/Justification
  • FOUR CHARACTERISTICS OF A LESS-THAN- PERFECT ECONOMY
  • WHY THIS BOOK?
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1 Setting the Context
  • THE PROBLEM WITH UNCRITICAL ASSUMPTIONS IN A LESS-THAN-PERFECT ECONOMY
  • THE PROBLEM WITH MODELS IN AN IMPERFECT ECONOMY
  • FOUR CHARACTERISTICS OF A LESS-THAN-PERFECT ECONOMY
  • ECONOMIC POLICY INCONSISTENCIES-THE PARABLE OF STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 2 Dynamic Adjustment in an Economy: Frictions Matter
  • INTRODUCTION
  • QUANTIFYING FRICTIONS: IS THE LONG-RUN AVERAGE A USEFUL GUIDE FOR THE FUTURE?
  • MODELING DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT DUE TO ECONOMIC FRICTIONS: DECISION MAKING IN AN EVOLVING WORLD
  • DYNAMIC ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT: AN EVOLUTION UNTO ITSELF
  • Appendix
  • A CASE FOR THE MULTIPLE MARKETS: 1983-2008
  • THE LABOR MARKET: 1983-2008
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 3 Information: Past Imperfect, Present Incomplete, Future Uncertain
  • STORY BEHIND THE NUMBERS
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 4 Price Adjustment and Search for Equilibrium
  • WHAT BARRIERS ARE THERE TO PERFECTLY FLEXIBLE PRICES?
  • IMPLICATIONS
  • FINDING DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT IN THE DATA
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 5 Business Investment: This Time is Different
  • DRIVERS OF BUSINESS SPENDING
  • PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: EXPLAINING SLOW RECOVERY IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 6 Corporate Profits: Reward, Incentive, and That Standard of Living
  • INTRODUCTION: PROFITS AS ESSENTIAL PARTNER
  • THE ROLE OF PROFITS IN THE ECONOMIC CYCLE: FIVE DRIVERS
  • THE ROLE OF PROFITS: INCENTIVES AND REWARDS
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS: MODELING PROFITS
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 7 Labor Market Evolution: Implications for Private-Sector and Public-Policy Decision Makers
  • PART I: LABOR MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
  • PART II: HETEROGENEITY IN THE LABOR MARKET.
  • PART III: HOW DO SECULAR LABOR MARKET TRENDS IMPACT ECONOMIC POLICY?
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 8 Inflation: When What You Get Isn't What You Expect
  • INTRODUCTION
  • WHAT IS INFLATION?
  • WHY DOES INFLATION MATTER?
  • WHAT DETERMINES INFLATION?
  • INFLATION AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION
  • APPLICATION: PREDICTING IF CENTRAL BANKS CAN ACHIEVE PRICE STABILITY
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 9 Interest Rates and Credit: Capital Markets in the Post-Great Recession World
  • IMPERFECT GUIDANCE IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
  • A LOOK AT ACTUAL HISTORY OVER THE LONG RUN
  • CREDIT AND ADMINISTERED RATES
  • IMPERFECT INFORMATION AND CREDIT
  • CONCLUSION: SHIFT FROM HISTORICAL BENCHMARKS
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 10 Three-Dimensional Checkers: Open Economy, Capital Flows, and Exchange Rates
  • NEWTON'S THIRD LAW
  • INTRODUCING A NEW PRICE TO THE ANALYSIS: THE ROLE OF EXCHANGE RATES
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHECKERS ON AN INTERNATIONAL PLAYING FIELD
  • A PERFECT MODEL IN AN IMPERFECT WORLD
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS: FUTURE LOOKS DIFFERENT
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 11 Assessing Economic Policy in an Imperfect Economy
  • GENERALIZED POLICY MODEL
  • RULES AND REPUTATION: BEYOND ECONOMIC BENCHMARKS
  • CONFRONTING OUR THREE MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
  • ECONOMIC POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF AN IMPERFECT ECONOMY
  • NOTES
  • About the Authors
  • JOHN E. SILVIA
  • AZHAR IQBAL
  • SARAH WATT HOUSE
  • Index
  • EULA.