Controversies in monetary economics / John Smithin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smithin, John N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money.

Monetary policy.

Physical Description:

x, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2003.

Contents:

1 Money and economic theory and policy 1

2 The nature and functions of money: a re-examination 16

3 Monetarism and the quantity theory of money 40

4 Short-run non-neutralities, nominal rigidities, misperceptions and the concept of the Phillips curve 63

5 The real bills doctrine, interest rate pegging and endogenous money 84

6 Money, interest rates and output 108

7 An alternative monetary model of inflation and economic growth 131

8 The international economy and alternative exchange rate regimes 152

9 Inflation and the economy 174.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1840648295

OCLC:

50866805