James Tobin

Zusatztext "As a former student of! and teaching assistant to! James Tobin! Robert Dimand's motivation for preparing a monograph on his former dissertation supervisor is self-evident. ? The introduction provides a brief biographical overview of Tobin ? . The author's ideas and the content of the book are substantive; and the scholarly and balanced nature of the judgements within each of the chapters is of a high standard." (Michael McLure! The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought! Vol. 23 (3)! January! 2016) Informationen zum Autor Robert Dimand is a professor of economics at Brock University, Canada. In 2012-13 he was President of the History of Economics Society. His first book, The Origins of the Keynesian Revolution (1988), was based on his Yale PhD dissertation, supervised by James Tobin. He is the co-author of a book on the history of game theory, editor or co-editor of a dozen books, and author of more than ninety refereed journal articles. Klappentext James Tobin, 1981 Nobel laureate in economics, was the outstanding monetary economist among American Keynesian economists. This book, the first written about James Tobin, examines his leading role as a Keynesian macroeconomist and monetary economist, and considers the continuing relevance of his ideas. Zusammenfassung James Tobin! 1981 Nobel laureate in economics! was the outstanding monetary economist among American Keynesian economists. This book! the first written about James Tobin! examines his leading role as a Keynesian macroeconomist and monetary economist! and considers the continuing relevance of his ideas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. An American Keynesian 2. Transforming the IS-LM Model Sector by Sector 3. Consumption, Rationing, and Logit Estimation: Tobin as an Econometrician 4. Portfolio Balance, Money Demand and Money Creation 5. Tobin's q and the Theory of Investment 6. Money and Long-Run Economic Growth 7. To Improve the World: Limiting the Domain of Inequality 8. Taming Speculation: The Tobin Tax 9. Tobin's Legacy and Modern Macroeconomics...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: R Dimand, R. Dimand, Robert Dimand
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 07.11.2014
• EAN: 9781137431943
• ISBN: 978-1-137-43194-3
• Seiten: 206
• Serien: Great Thinkers in Economics; Great Thinkers in Economics
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politik und Wirtschaft; Makroökonomie, Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Verstehen, B, Economic Policy, Wirtschaftstheorie und -philosophie, macroeconomics, Economic history, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic Theory, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Monetary Economics, Management science, Quantitative Economics, History of Economic Thought and Methodology, History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection