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Representative Agent in Macroeconomics

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Informationen zum Autor James E. Hartley is Assistant Professor of Economics at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts Klappentext Rpresentative agent models have become a predominant means of studying the macroeconomy in modern economics without there being much discussion in the literature about their propriety or usefulness. This volume evaluates the use of these models in macroeconomics, examining the justifications for their use and concluding that representative agent models are neither a proper nor a particularly useful means of studying aggregate behaviour. Zusammenfassung There has been little discussion in macroeconomic literature about the propriety or usefulness of representative agent models. This volume aims to evaluate the use of these models as a means of studying aggregate behaviour. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Why representative agents?1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE ORIGINS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE AGENT 3 ARGUMENT FOR THE NEW CLASSICAL USE OF REPRESENTATIVE AGENT MODELS Part II The Lucas Critique 4 BEYOND TASTE AND TECHNOLOGY PARAMETERS IN MACROECONOMICS Part III The Walrasian tradition 5 WALRASIAN METHODOLOGY 6 MARSHALLIAN METHODOLOGY 7 THE NEW CLASSICALS AS WALRASIAN ECONOMISTS Part IV Microfoundations 8 MICROFOUNDATIONS: AUSTRIAN STYLE 9 THE TRADITIONAL CASE FOR MICROFOUNDATIONS 10 THE AGGREGATION PROBLEM 11 INDIVIDUAL AND MARKET EXPERIMENTS 12 THE REPRESENTATIVE AGENT VERSUS MICROFOUNDATIONS 13 THE MYTH OF MICROFOUNDATIONS Part V Whither macroeconomics? 14 AFTER REPRESENTATIVE AGENT MODELS

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Authors Hartley, James E Hartley, James E Hartley Hartley, James E. Hartley, James E. Hartley Hartley
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 02.12.2014
 
EAN 9781138866126
ISBN 978-1-138-86612-6
No. of pages 240
Series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries

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