Analyses contemporary public policy problems in the key workhorse models of macroeconomic theory

Provides quantitative public policy implications

Offers self-contained material for courses

Includes programs and data for all simulations and computations, downloadable as supplementary material

Analyses contemporary public policy problems in the state-of-the-art models of macroeconomic theory Provides quantitative public policy implications Includes programs and data for all simulations and computations which can be downloaded from the author's website Offers self-contained material for courses

Autorentext

Burkhard Heer is professor of public economics at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Previously, he was professor of economics at the Universities of Bolzano, Bamberg, and Innsbruck. Burkhard Heer received his Phd in economics from the University of Cologne, Germany, in 1996. He was visiting scholar at various institutions including Georgetown University, Stanford University, Fordham University at New York, University of Quebec at Montreal, University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Federal Reserve Bank at St. Louis, and a summer intern at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. Burkhard Heer is also affiliated with the Center for Economic Studies (CESifo), Munich. His research interests include public economics and macroeconomics. He also published a Springer textbook on "Dynamic General Equilibrium Modeling" with Alfred Maußner.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Part I: Useful Models: Ramsey Model.- The Overlapping Generations Model.- Part II: Fiscal Policy: Goverment Consumption- Income Taxation.- Part III: Social Security, Demographics, and Debt: Pensions.- Public Debt.- Name Index. Subject Index.