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Author:   Richard T. Froyen ,  Alfred V. Guender
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.882kg
ISBN:  

9781784717186

ISBN 10:   1784717185
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   03 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface PART I IMPERFECT INFORMATION, RESPONSES TO SHOCKS, AND CREDIBILITY ISSUES 1. Introduction, Part 1 2. A basic model and some early results 3. The strategy of monetary policy: targets, instruments and information variables 4. A variable price level, supply shocks and rational expectations 5. Optimal monetary and exchange rate policy in the open economy 6. Monetary policy credibility PART II OPTIMAL MONETARY POLICY: A NEW KEYNESIAN PERSPECTIVE 7. Introduction, Part 2 8. The Phillips Curve: an evolving concept 9. The forward-looking model: the closed economy 10. The forward-looking model: additional topics 11. The forward-looking model: the open economy 12. The New Keynesian model: the backward-looking case PART III RESEARCH IN MONETARY POLICY since the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS 13. Introduction, Part 3 14. Money and finance in Keynesian models 15. Rethinking stabilization policy 16. Financial markets since the crisis: a smorgasbord of issues Bibliography Index

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'In this second edition of Optimal Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty, Richard Froyen and Alfred Guender update and extend their lucid exposition of monetary policymaking in a stochastic setting. As in the first edition, the book links past and current research on this broad topic. Thus, the book is useful both for a young researcher who wishes to relate contemporary theories to practical policy issues and for an established scholar who seeks to catch up on recent developments. Particularly useful for all readers are new chapters that explore efforts to better integrate banking and finance into theories of optimal monetary policymaking.' --David VanHoose, Baylor University, US

Praise for the first edition: `In this book the authors provide a comprehensive review of optimal monetary policy in the context of small, log-linear, macroeconomic models that are subject to stochastic shocks. . . I think the book provides a very good introduction to the literature on optimal monetary policy (in short-run models) for non-specialists and students. Some of the content of the book could be used in upper-year undergraduate courses in either macroeconomics or in a specialised monetary economics course. The models are clearly set-out and discussed and there is frequent use of diagrams. The authors spend a lot of time and effort to provide the economic intuition for the models that are presented.' -- Glenn Otto, Economic Record `Froyen and Guender have provided a thorough and careful analysis of optimal monetary policy over most of the range of theoretical models that have been used in modern macroeconomics. By providing a comprehensive and clear comparative framework they will help the student of monetary policy understand why there have been conflicting views of what policy makers should do.' -- Central Banking `In Optimal Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty, academicians and economists Richard T. Froyen and Alfred V. Guender have collaborated on presenting an informed and informative survey of optimal monetary policy literature arising during the 1970s and 1980s as a ground work for understanding current market and other economic influences on such germane issues as discretion versus commitment, target versus instrument rules, and the delegation of policy making authority within the private and public sectors. With meticulous attention to scholarship and objectivity. . . Optimal Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty is a thoughtful and thought-provoking body of work that is very strongly recommended for professional, academic, corporate and governmental economic reference collections and supplemental reading lists.' -- Midwest Book Review

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Richard T. Froyen, Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US and Alfred V. Guender, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

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