Issues in Contemporary Economics: Volume 2: Macroeconomics and Econometrics

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Should Keynesian Economics Dispense with the Phillips Curve?....Pages 3-20
Testing Keynesian Unemployment Theory against Structuralist Theory: Global Evidence of the Past Two Decades....Pages 21-41
Unemployment Through Learning from Experience....Pages 42-74
Unemployment and Labour Market Imperfections....Pages 75-101
Two Tools for Analysing Unemployment....Pages 102-127
The Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits and the Duration of Unemployment....Pages 128-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
The European Monetary System Ten Years On: The System’s Architecture, Problems and Perspectives....Pages 159-182
European Integration and Regional Development Policy in Portugal....Pages 183-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
The Interplay of Theory and Data in the Study of International Trade....Pages 213-252
Price Elasticities from Survey Data: Extensions and Indonesian Results....Pages 253-283
Family Labour Supply Decisions in Rural Peru....Pages 284-318
Survey Data on Expectations: What Have We Learnt?....Pages 319-344