Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy in the UK / Edition 3

by Keith Shaw, David Greenaway, Michael McCrostie

Overview

Pitched at the optimum level for undergraduate students, the third edition of this successful and widely adopted intermediate level UK macroeconomics text has been very extensively revised and updated. The authors have ensured that the existing stengths of the book's tried and tested approach are retained whilst the latest theoretical developments and policy controversies are examined.

• One of the few leading non US oriented texts for UK students
• Retains traditional methods of analysis but adds material on both new classical and Keynesian models

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780631200192
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/03/1997
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	7.87(w) x 9.84(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Keith Shaw and Mike McCrostie are both in the Department of Economics at the University of Buckingham and David Greenaway is in the Department of Economics at the University of Nottingham.

Table of Contents

1. The Nature of Macroeconomics.

Part I: Macroeconomic Sectors:.

2. Aggregate Consumption Expenditure.

3. Aggregate Invesetment Expenditure.

4. The Government Sector.

5. The Demand for Money.

6. The Supply of Money.

7. The Labour Market.

Part II: Macroeconomic Systems:.

8. The Classical Economic System.

9. The Economics of Keynes.

10. The Hicksian IS/LM Analysis.

11. Comparative Statics of the Classical, Keynesian and Monetarist Models.

12. The Government Sector, The Budget Constraint and the Crowding Out Controversy.

13. Output, Employment, Expectations and the Price Level.

14. Internal and External Balance.

15. Monetary Disturbances, Expectations and Exchange Rate Dynamics. Part III: Macroeconomic Policy:.

16. The Macroeconomic Policy Debate.

17. Approaches to Macroeconomic Policy.

18. Macroeconomic Policy: Objectives, Instruments and Constraints.

19. Inflation and Counter-inflation Policy in the UK.

20. Unemployment in the UK.

21. Balance of Payments and Exchange Rate Policies in the UK.

22. Policies for Economic Growth in the UK.

Bibliography.

Index.