1st Edition

Understanding Macroeconomic Theory

240 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

At each point in time, individuals make choices with respect to the acquisition, sale, and/or use of a variety of different goods. Such activity can be summarized by aggregate variables such as an economy’s total production of various goods and services, the aggregate level of unemployment, the general level of interest rates, and the overall level of prices. The focus of this book is on... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Walrasian Economy  3. Firms as Market Participants  4. Households as Market Participants  5. Summarizing the Behavior and Constraints of Firms and Households  6. The Simple Neoclassical Macroeconomic Model (Without Government or Depository Institutions)  7. Empirical Macroeconomics: Traditional Approaches and Time Series Models  8. The Neoclassical Model  9. The ‘Keynesian Model’ with Fixed Money Wage: Modifying the Neoclassical Model  10. The Lucas Model  11. Policy  12. Open Economy

Biography

John M. Barron is the Loeb Professor of Economics in the Krannert School of
Management at Purdue University.
Bradley T. Ewing is the Jerry S. Rawls Endowed Professor in Operations
Management in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University.
Gerald J. Lynch is Professor of Economics in the Krannert School of Management
at Purdue University.