
Current Thinking on Fiscal Policy
M. Sawyer(Editor)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 20. November 2008
Book
Hardback
X, 182 pages
978-0-230-20249-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book develops current thinking on fiscal policy, emphasizing the role which fiscal policy can play in macroeconomic policy and challenging the view that macroeconomic policy should rely on monetary policy alone. This book offers theoretical insights in defence of fiscal policy as a valid macroeconomic instrument.
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Edition
2008 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
X, 182 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-20249-8 (9780230202498)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-30604-2
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Jerome Creel | Malcolm Sawyer | M. Sawyer
Current Thinking on Fiscal Policy
Book
01/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
€117.69
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Person
PHILIP ARESTIS University Director of Research, Cambridge Centre for Economics and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK; Adjunct Professor of Economics, University of Utah, US; Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute, New York, US; Visiting Professor, University of Leeds, UK; Visiting Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK
ELISABETTA DE ANTONI Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italy
GIUSEPPE FONTANA Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds, UK; Associate Professor, University of Sannio, Italy; Associate Member, Centre for Economic and Public Policy, University of Cambridge, UK
EDWIN LE HERON Sciences Po Bordeaux, France
FRANCESCO SARACENO Sciences Po Bordeaux, France
Content
Introduction; J.Creel & M.Sawyer Fiscal Policy Within the 'New consensus in Macroeconomics' Framework; P.Arestis Fiscal Policy in Today's Endogenous Money World; G.Fontana Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis: The Crucial Role of Fiscal Policy; P.Arestis & E.De Antoni The Continuing Relevance of Fiscal Policy; M.Sawyer The Intertemporal Budget Constraint and the Sustainability of Budget Deficits; P.Arestis & M.Sawyer Automatic Stabilisation, Discretionary Policy and the Stability Pact; J.Creel & F.Saraceno Monetary and Fiscal Policies in a Keynesian Stock-flow Consistent Model; E.Le Heron