Part I Credibility in practice and in experimental Testing 1 Fiscal policy,
credibility and inflation: The critical role of confidence factors 2
Bond-financed deficits, taxation and expectations: An experimental test of
the Ricardian equivalence theorem 3 Monetary credibility and national
output: An experimental verification of the Lucas 'islands' explanation of
business cycles Part II Confidence and credibility factors in historical
Perspective 4 Public confidence and public finance during the American
Civil War: Lessons from North and South 5 Deficit finance, expectations and
real money balances: The operation of the inflation tax in Germany after
the First World War 6 Does exchange rate pegging foster monetary
credibility? Part III Consumer confidence and macroeconomic stabilisation
in the 1990s 7 Consumer confidence in today's macroeconomy: Definition,
measurement and potential importance 8 Consumer confidence and the optimal
timing of effective monetary stabilisation 9 Consumer confidence and
domestic fiscal stabilisation (with Giles Mellon)