Modeling Monetary Economies / Edition 4

by Bruce Champ, Scott Freeman, Joseph Haslag

Overview

Too often monetary economics has been taught as a collection of facts about institutions for students to memorize. By teaching from first principles instead, this advanced undergraduate textbook builds on a simple, clear monetary model and applies this framework consistently to a wide variety of monetary questions. Starting with the case in which trade is mutually beneficial, the book demonstrates that money makes people better off, and that government money competes against other means of payments, including other types of government money. After developing each of these topics, the book tackles the issue of money competing against other stores of value, examining issues associated with trade, finance, and modern banking. The book then moves from simple economies to modern economies, addressing the role banks play in making more trades possible, concluding with the information problems plaguing modern banking, which result in financial crises.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781316508671
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/09/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Bruce Champ was a Senior Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and passed away in 2013. Earlier he taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the Universities of Iowa and Western Ontario, and Fordham University, New York. Dr Champ's research interests focused on monetary economics and his articles have appeared in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Monetary Economics, the Canadian Journal of Economics, and the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, among other leading academic publications. He coauthored the first and second editions of Modeling Monetary Economies with the late Scott Freeman.

Scott Freeman was a Professor of Economics at the University of Texas, Austin. He taught earlier at Boston College and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He died in 2004. Professor Freeman specialized in monetary theory, and his articles appeared in the Journal of Political Economy, the American Economic Review, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, among other eminent academic journals.

Joseph Haslag is Professor and Kenneth Lay Chair in Economics at the University of Missouri. Professor Haslag received his PhD in Economics from Southern Methodist University, Texas in 1987. Professor Haslag spent 12 years in the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses at Southern Methodist University. He visited the Economics Department at Michigan State University in 2000 and the Department of Monetary Economics at Erasmus University, Rotterdam in 1994. He has published his research in such prestigious academic journals as the Journal of Monetary Economics, the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, The Review of Economics and Statistics, the International Economic Review, and the Review of Economic Dynamics, among other leading academic journals.

Table of Contents

MONEY.
A Simple Model of Money.
Barter and Commodity Money.
Inflation.
International Monetary Systems.
BANKING.
Capital.
Liquidity and Financial Intermediation.
Central Banking and the Money Supply.
Money Stock Fluctuations.
Bank Risk.
GOVERNMENT DEBT.
Deficits and the National Debt.
Saving and Investment.
The Effect of the National Debt on Capital and Savings.
The Temptation of Inflation.
References.
Index.

Editorial Reviews

An exposition of monetary economics for intermediate and advanced undergraduate students with an understanding of basic graphs and algebra, but not necessarily of calculus. Draws on the overlapping models of money from the past few generations to investigate such questions as how money promotes exchange, what should serve as money, and what causes inflation and how much it costs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'My students and I have enjoyed using this excellent text because of its clear presentation and use of a simple overlapping generations model to analyze fundamental issues in monetary economics. The new edition retains this approach and expands its coverage of financial stability issues and recent developments in monetary policy. This is clearly the best undergraduate text on monetary economics.' Michael Ellis, Kent State University

'Modeling Monetary Economies is the only textbook that allows undergraduates to learn important results and applications in monetary economics in a rigorous theoretical framework. The fifth edition continues this tradition with the addition of a discussion of blockchains as a monetary record-keeping system, as well as updated applications of the theory to the 2007–8 financial crisis and pandemic-related monetary policy.' Michael Loewy, University of South Florida

'This primer on monetary economics, written by three stalwarts in the field, is already a classic. The material covered is outstanding in its breadth and depth. Unlike other money and banking texts, this one asks more of the reader, but delivers a whole lot more. The writing is fresh and intellectually stimulating, rigorous, and yet approachable. I love this new edition and wish it continued success in its efforts to bring serious monetary economics to the reach of the curious undergraduate.' Joydeep Bhattacharya, Iowa State University

'The textbook Modeling Monetary Economies provides a rigorous treatment of money, banking, and financial intermediation within a unified framework that is accessible to advanced undergraduate students. It addresses the most fundamental questions in monetary theory - e.g., Can fiat money be valued in equilibrium? Can it coexist with interest-bearing assets? Why do banks exist? - without shortcuts. It also covers material that is relevant for today’s problems, including cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, the design of payment systems, bank regulations, the welfare costs of inflation … It is a must-read for all students interested in monetary issues.' Guillaume Rocheteau, University of California, Irvine

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