Nicola Acocella, Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, Andrew Hughes Hallett

The Theory of Economic Policy in a Strategic Context

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new unified theory of economic policy which responds to conflicts between strategic public and private policymakers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 363
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9781107023864
• ISBN-10: 1107023866
• Artikelnr.: 36026892

Autorenporträt

Nicola Acocella is Professor of Economic Policy at Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Common symbols
1. An overview: the realm of economic policy
Part I. The Classical Theory of Economic Policy: 2. Statics
3. Dynamics
Part II. From the Classical to the New Theory of Economic Policy: 4. The Lucas critique
5. Policy games: an introduction
Part III. The New Theory of Economic Policy: Statics: 6. A theory of strategic conflict: foundations
7. From individual players to system controllability
8. Conflicts and coordination among groups
9. Announcements as a coordination mechanism
Part IV. The New Theory of Economic Policy: Dynamics: 10. Controllability in a strategic dynamic setting
11. Dynamic policy games with rational expectations
12. Credibility, dynamic controllability and rational expectations
13. Expectations and target coordination: institutional aspects
14. A summary and round-up of conclusions
References.