Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle

"Praise for the previous edition: "With this book, magician Galí has pulled another important rabbit out of his hat. The book will help to increase the popularity of the New Keynesian model with graduate students, tomorrow's policymakers, and today's policymakers alike. Therefore, it can be considered a real grassroots initiative.""---Christian Merkl, Journal of Economics

Autorentext

Jordi Galí

Klappentext

"This excellent book has already become a classic reference for economists who want to study the basic New Keynesian model. This update contains important extensions such as the impact of the zero lower bound on interest rates and an explicit treatment of unemployment. The book's clear and unified exposition shows why the New Keynesian model is likely to remain a workhorse model for understanding monetary policy for a long time to come."--Frank Smets, European Central Bank

"A remarkable introduction to New Keynesian economics by one of the leading authorities in the field. Clear, concise, and comprehensive. A must-read for graduate students and a go-to reference for researchers in macroeconomics."--Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University

Zusammenfassung
This revised second edition of Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle provides a rigorous graduate-level introduction to the New Keynesian framework and its applications to monetary policy. The New Keynesian framework is the workhorse for the analysis of monetary policy and its implications for inflation, economic fluctuations, and welf