1st Edition

Risk and Business Cycles New and Old Austrian Perspectives

By Tyler Cowen Copyright 1997
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

Risk and Business Cycles examines the causes of business cycles, a perennial topic of interest within economics. The author argues the case for the revival of an important role for monetary causes in business cycle theory, which challenges the current trend towards favouring purely real theories. The work also presents a critique of the traditional Austrian theory of the trade cycle. This... Read more
List of figures and tables, Acknowledgements, 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 A RISK-BASED THEORY IN REAL TERMS, 3 A RISK-BASED THEORY IN MONETARY TERMS, 4 BUSINESS CYCLES WITHOUT RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS: THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH OF THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL, 5 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Tyler Cowen