Macroeconomics and the history of economic thought : festschrift in honour of Harald Hagemann / edited by Hagen M. Krämer, Heinz D. Kurz, and Hans-Michael Trautwein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hagemann, Harald.

Krämer, Hagen.

Kurz, Heinz D.

Trautwein, Hans-Michael, 1957-

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 144.

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 144

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macroeconomics.

Economics.

Economists.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 459 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

This volume on contemporary and historical macroeconomics, a festschrift in honor of German economist Harald Hagemann, provides thirty-two essays on a number of academic economic topics. The volume is divided into three sections covering the history of macroeconomic thought and important historical figures in the development of the discipline, contemporary macroeconomic scholarship, and economic growth and structural dynamics. Individual essays address topics such as concepts of development in German economics, modern macroeconomics and Keynes, and innovation, institutions, and competition in models of economic growth. The contributors are German academics from a variety of institutions. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Harald Hagemann at 65: an introduction / Hagen M. Kramer Kramer, Hagen M., Heinz D. Kurz Kurz, Heinz D., Hans-Michael Trautwein Trautwein, Hans-Michael 1

Part I The history of economic thought 19

2 The idea of development in German economics / Bertram Schefold Schefold, Bertram 19

3 Ricardo on gross and net revenue / Christian Gehrke Gehrke, Christian 47

4 Friedrich Engels: the architect of Marxism as a science / Rarip Ege Ege, Rarip 64

5 Walras and Pareto on the connection between the trade cycle and General Equilibrium Theory / Pascal Bridel Bridel, Pascal 78

6 Competing monetary explanations of macroeconomic instability before 1936 / David Laidler Laidler, David 96

7 The Austrian economists and academic politics in the inter-war period: a preliminary investigation / Hansjörg Klausinger Klausinger, Hansjörg 118

8 Ingvar Svennilson and the Kaldor-Verdoorn Law / Mauro Boianovshy Boianovshy, Mauro 131

9 Highlights on the Cambridge School: the Italian connection / Pier Luigi Porta Porta, Pier Luigi 145

10 How ideas migrate / Eearlence Craver Craver, Eearlence 158

11 Wandering thoughts on the migration of knowledge / Axel Leijonhufvud Leijonhufvud, Axel 165

12 A slender trunk and many branches: the history of economic thought in perspective, past and future / Maria Cristina Marcuzzo Marcuzzo, Maria Cristina 171

Part II The current state of macroeconomics 181

13 The crisis in macroeconomics / Geoff Harcourt Harcourt, Geoff 183

14 Modern macroeconomics and Keynes: some sketchy reflections / Volker Caspari Caspari, Volker 191

15 A historical, theoretical and empirical perspective on inflation targeting / Philip Arestis Arestis, Philip 196

16 To use the words of Keynes...': Olivier J. Blanchard on Keynes and the 'liquidity trap' / Ingo Barens Barens, Ingo 209

17 Debt-deflation, balance sheet recession and the recent financial crisis / Peter Kalmbach Kalmbach, Peter 219

18 Sinn after Böhm-Bawerk: income distribution, capital flows and current account imbalances in EMU / Hagen M. Krämer Krämer, Hagen M., Peter Spahn Spahn, Peter 231

19 The problem of money illusion in economics / Georg Erber Erber, Georg 251

20 Some notes on understanding inflation / Edward J. Nell Nell, Edward J. 267

21 Inflation - a barrier to high employment? / Jurgen Kromphardt Kromphardt, Jurgen 282

Part III Economic growth and structural dynamics 301

22 Some thoughts about trend and cycle / Stephan Seiter Seiter, Stephan 303

23 Structural economic dynamics: decisions, methods and theories / Roberto Scazzieri Scazzieri, Roberto 314

24 Economic rationality and the emergence of institutions: a Schumpeterian view / Richard Arena Arena, Richard 329

25 Innovation, institutions and competition: a reflection on the contribution of the Soft Budget Constraint approach / Muriel Dal-Pont Legrand Legrand, Muriel Dal-Pont 338

26 Economic development - more creation than destruction / Anexander gerybadze gerybadze, Anexander, Pier-Paolo savitotti savitotti, Pier-Paolo 351

27 Market definition in technologically dynamic markets: an example from mobile telecommunications / Ulrich Schwalbe Schwalbe, Ulrich, Tone Arnold Arnold, Tone 368

28 International innovation strategies and evolutionary dynamics in global manufacturing / Alexander Gerybadze Gerybadze, Alexander 382

29 Classical and neoclassical theories of offshore outsourcing / Deborah Winkler Winkler, Deborah, William Milberg Milberg, William 400

30 Theoretical foundations of modern macroeconomic policies in a small open economy: the case of Norway / Theo Schewe Schewe, Theo 415

31 How to realize sustainable growth / Michael Von Hauff Hauff, Michael Von 426

32 Harald Hagemann: a preliminary bibliography, 1975-2011 440.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780415681476

0415681472

9780203121733

0203121732

OCLC:

731925192