Monetary Economics [Paperback]

Specially selected from The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2nd edition, each article within this compendium covers the fundamental themes within the discipline and is written by a leading practitioner in the field. A handy reference tool.Contents General Preface Introduction List of Contributors List of Entries Entries A-Z Index

Praise for the 8-volume edition:

Winner of the 2008 PROSE Award: Best Mutlivolume Reference Work in the Humanitiesand Social Sciences

(from the Professional and Scholarly Division of the Association of American Publishers)

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2008

Much has changed in the latest incarnation of this dictionary. ...More than 1,500 economists contributed almost 1,900 signed entries; more than 1,000 of the entries are new or 'heavily revised' and expanded. Along with the descriptions of economic method from earlier editions, this edition includes much information on 'what those methods have found.' It also offers new emphasis on advances that have occurred in microeconomics, Bayesian theory, game theory, and behavioral, international, and experimental economics. ...A regularly updated online version of the dictionary is available www.dictionaryofeconomics.com, with site license pricing based on institution type and FTE. Summing Up: Highly recommended. - CHOICE

THEO BALDERSTON The University of Manchester, UKWILLIAM A. BARNETT University of Kansas, USAMICHAEL BINDER University of Maryland, USAMICHAEL D. BORDO Rutgers University, USAJ. H. BOYD University of Minnesota, USAPHILLIP CAGAN Professor Emeritus, Columbia University, USACHARLES W. CALOMIRIS Columbia University, USASATYAJIT CHATTERJEE Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, USAP. DEAN CORBAE University of Texas, USAROBERT W. DIMAND Brock University, CanadaGAUTI B. EGGERTSSON Federal Reserve Bank of New York, USACHRIS ERCEG Federal Reserve Board, Washington DC, USABENJAMIN M. FRIEDMAN lƒœ