Advanced Macroeconomics: A Primer

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Preface
PART I: MODELS OF THE ECONOMY
	1 Macroeconomics: a succinct introduction
	2 Solving rational expectations models
	3 Partial information and signal extraction
PART II: EVALUATING GOVERNMENT POLICY
	4 Stabilization policy: can we?
	5 Stabilization policy: should we?
	6 Practical issues of effective stabilization
	7 Fiscal policy and the government budget constraint
	8 Unemployment, productivity and growth
	9 Political economy in macroeconomics
PART III: EXTENDING AND DEEPENING THE MODELS: THE OPEN ECONOMY AND MICRO-FOUNDATIONS
	10 The macroeconomics of an open economy
	11 The Lucas critique and representative agent models in cashless economies
	12 Money in representative agent models
	13 Open economy representative agent models
PART IV: CONFRONTING MODELS WITH FACTS
	14 Testing the rational expectations hypothesis in financial markets
	15 How to test macroeconomic models
	16 The problem of identification
	17 What do we know about the causes of macroeconomic behaviour?
Bibliography
Index