Monetary economics Books

Book SynopsisNils Gottfries is a Professor of Economics at Uppsala University, Sweden and former editor of The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. He has published extensively in journals including the QJE, JPE, EJ, EER. Most of his research has been concerned with the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics, particularly the theory of the supply side: prices, wages, and unemployment. He was a member of the Swedish commission on the EMU. He has been teaching macroeconomics regularly at the intermediate and graduate levels.Trade ReviewNils Gottfries's thoughtful, consistent and lucid exposition breathes fresh air into a macroeconomics textbook. It balances descriptive realism with conceptual coherence judiciously, and its application of principles to the experiences of many countries over many decades is very welcome. * John Driffill, Birkbeck, University of London, UK *This is a great book. It uses a consistent theory throughout, explains it well, and does a tremendous job in confronting theory with data. * Steinar Holden, University of Oslo, Norway *Instead of presenting macroeconomics as separate pieces linked in an ad hoc way, Gottfries presents a consistent approach. This, in addition to the distinctly international approach to economic data and examples, will make the book very attractive to lecturers and to their students. * M.A. (Martin) van Tuijl, Tilburg University, the Netherlands *This is a superb book! It contains a rigorous treatment of the New Keynesian model combined with illustrative examples and interesting policy discussions. Students will find the book well-written and easily accessible. * Fredrik NG Andersson, Lund University, Sweden *This book is an excellent and innovative new textbook for intermediate macroeconomics, where conventional macroeconomics is explained with a deeper emphasis on the role of microfoundations. This allows students to be exposed to modern macroeconomic analysis in a rigorous yet still accessible way. * Gianluigi Vernasca, University of Essex, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I: THE LONG RUN Production, Prices and the Distribution of Income Interest Rates and Investment Consumption and the Natural Rate of Interest Capital Accumulation and Growth Wage Setting and Unemployment Money and Inflation in the Long Run PART II: THE SHORT RUN The Interest Rate and Production in the Short Run Economic Activity and Inflation in the Short Run PART III: ECONOMIC POLICY Monetary Policy Fiscal Policy PART IV: THE OPEN ECONOMY Exports, Imports, and International Financial Markets The Open Economy in the Long Run The Open Economy in the Short Run Exchange Rate Systems and Monetary Union PART V: BUSINESS CYCLES, POLICYMAKING, FINANCIAL MARKETS Business Cycles Institutions and Economic Policy Financial Markets.

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Book SynopsisIn the period from the Crimean War to the end of the First World War there was a massive increase in the size of British National Debt. These volumes chart the history of the debt during this period. They explore why the debt grew and how it was accommodated.The set combines previously published materials with extremely rare archival texts, drawn from the Public Record Office, the Bank of England Archives and the John Pierpoint Morgan Archives, among others.Particular attention is paid to the creation of the financial instruments necessary to sustain the debt. For the bulk of the period the pre-occupation was with repaying the debt, and the set discusses the measures considered for this purpose. However with the end of the set and Keynes'' arrival in the treasury came the final acceptance that high levels of national indebtedness were going to be a permanent feature of national economies.

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Book SynopsisThe launch of the Euro has already had profound effects on both European economies and societies - but it is also of huge importance for the international community as a whole. This timely book, from a collection of key names in European Integration Studies, is an authoritative piece of work that is truly multi-disciplinary by nature.Table of ContentsList of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART I Before EMU: some historical perspectives, PART II Before EMU: reflecting on the debate, PART III Beyond EMU: lessons for EMU, PART IV Beyond EMU: evaluating success, Index

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Book SynopsisSince the 1980''s, market-based instruments for environmental policy have become increasingly important. Focusing on environmental taxation in practice, this volume collects key contributions on a wide range of topics, including comparisons of environmental taxation schemes in different countries, political economy issues and key aspects of concrete implementation. It presents a wealth of ex-ante and ex-post analyses, intended as a source of guidance for policy implementation and research. The volume features a full-length introduction locating the literature on environmental taxation in practice in a wider context of theoretical and applied issues.Trade Review'...shows the range and nature of the issues to be considered if environmental taxation is to be an effective part of our "toolkit" in fighting serious environmental change.' SCOLAG journal 'make[s] a significant contribution to the growing field of literature on environmental taxation.' -British Tax Review, 2007Table of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction. Part I Overview and Comparison of Different Taxes: Environmental taxes in Europe, Thomas Sterner and Gunnar Köhlin; Environmental taxes in developing and transition economies, Randall A. Bluffstone. Part II Institutional Aspects and Political Economy of Implementation: Political economy obstacles to fuel taxation, Henrik Hammar, Åsa Löfgren and Thomas Sterner; The Btu tax experience: what happened and why it happened, Dawn Erlandson; Comparative politics and environmental taxation, Per G. Fredriksson and Daniel L. Millimet; Enforcement of environmental charges: some economic aspects and evidence from the German waste water charge, Erik Gawel; Inspections, pollution prices, and environmental performance: evidence from China, Susmita Dasgupta, Benoit Laplante, Nlandu Mamingi and Hua Wang; The distributional implications of higher energy prices for the UK, Michael Common; Public support for pollution fee policies for motor vehicles with revenue recycling: survey results, Alan Krupnik, Winston Harrington and Anna Alberini; Distributional effects of alternative vehicle pollution control policies, Sarah E. West; Cost-effectiveness of air pollution abatement in Poland, Tomasz Zylicz; Environmental policy in transition economies: will pollution charges work?, Patrik Söderholm. Part III Ex-ante Analysis: A presumptive pigovian tax: complementing regulation to mimic an emissions fee, Gunnar S. Eskeland; A deposit-refund system applied to non-point nitrogen emissions from agriculture, Lars Gårn Hansen; UK's climate change levy: cost effectiveness, competitiveness and environmental impacts, Ardash Varma; The environmental consequences of tax differentiation by vehicle age in Costa Rica, Nick Johnstone, Jaime Echeverrìa, Ina Porres and Ronald Mejìas; The scope for fuel substitution in manufacturing industries: a case study of Chile and Colombia, Diana L. Moss and James R. Tybout; Estimates from a consumer demand system: implications for the incidence of environmental taxes, Sarah E. West and Roberton C. Williams III; An econometric evaluation of sulphur taxes, James M. Griffin; Impact analysis of car-related taxes on fuel consumption in Japan, Masayoshi Tanishita, Shigeru Kashima and William J. Hayes; The cost effectiveness of alternative instruments for environmental protection in a second-best setting, Lawrence H. Goulder, Ian W.H. Parry, Roberton C. Williams III and Dallas Burtraw.Part IV Ex-post Analysis: Motor vehicle taxes as an environmental management instrument: the case of Singapore, Ngee-Choon Chia and Sock-Yong Phang; Equilibrium, pollution and economic development in China, Hua Wang and David Wheeler; Household responses to pricing garbage by the bag, Don Fullerton and Thomas C. Kinnaman; Garbage and recycling with endogenous local policy, Thomas C. Kinnaman and Don Fullerton; State taxes and interstate hazardous waste shipments, Arik Levinson; The phase-out of leaded gasoline in the EU: a successful failure?, Åsa Löfren and Henrik Hammar; Greenhouse gas emissions in Norway: do carbon taxes work?, Annegrete Bruvoll and Bodil Merethe Laesen; Name index.

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