Macroeconomics, 3rd edition
By Manfred Gartner
August 2009
Pearson Education
Distrubuted by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
ISBN: 9780273717904
568 pages
$127.50 Paper Original
Description
Now in its third edition, Macroeconomics continues to successfully combine theory and application, using many real-world case studies and examples, updated and changed for the third edition, to explain the basics of Macroeconomics and keep ahead of the ever changing macroeconomic environment we are experiencing today. This rigorous and comprehensive text offers a truly European and Global perspective ideal for intermediate and applied macroeconomics students.
ContentsChapter 1 Macroeconomic essentials
Chapter 2 Booms and recessions
(I): the
Keynesian cross
Chapter 3 Money, Interest rates and the global economy
Chapter
4 Exchange rates and the balance of payments
Chapter 5 Booms and recessions
(II): the national economy
Chapter 6 Enter aggregate supply
Chapter 7 Booms
and recessions
(III): aggregate supply and demand
Chapter 8 Booms and recessions
(IV): dynamic aggregate supply and demand
Chapter 9 Economic growth
(I):
basics
Chapter 10 Economic growth
(II): advanced issues
Chapter 11 Endogenous
economic policy
Chapter 12 The European Monetary System and Euroland at work
Chapter 13 Inflation and central banking independence
Chapter 14 Budget deficits
and public debt
Chapter 15 Unemployment and growth
Chapter 16 Sticky prices:
new perspectives on booms and recessions
Chapter 17 Real business cycles:
new perspectives on booms and recessions
- Fresh and relevant case studies on issues affecting Europe and international experiences from outside Europe to engage and motivate students
- Comprehensive and rigorous approach to macroeconomics encourages students to think behind the issues and stretch their learning to maximum effect.
- Tables, boxes, diagrams and graphs illuminate the arguments put forward and help to break up the text
- Chapter objectives and summaries, margin notes, key terms and concepts, recommended reading and exercises ensure constant self assessment and practice.
- Full and improved resource package to include for lecturers: Online Instructor’s Manual and PowerPoint Slides, for students: Multiple Choice Questions, Index cards, Interactive Models and much more
Manfred Gartner is Professor of Economics at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
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