Keynesian Economics and Price Theory Re-orientation of a Theory of Monetary Economy

This book reconstructs Keynesian macroeconomics so that it is compatible with the neoclassical dynamic microeconomic theory. This theory adopts three postulates: rational expectations, perfect price flexibility, and exclusion of the money in utility function (MIU). Based on the new theoretical findi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Otaki, Masayuki
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:Advances in Japanese Business and Economics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Part 1 Keynesian Economics and Price Theory
  • Chapter 2 Price Theory in a Monetary Economy
  • Part 2 Applications to Labor Economics and Inflation Theory
  • Chapter 3 The Existence of an Involuntary Unemployment Equilibrium
  • Chapter 4 The Phillips Curve and Inflation Theory Reconsidered
  • Part 3 Applications to International Economics
  • Chapter 5 A Basic Model of a Flexible Exchange Rate System under Perfect Capital Mobility
  • Chapter 6 The Functions of a Key Currency: International Liquidity Provision and Insurance
  • Chapter 7 On the Necessity of Optimum Currency Areas: The Case for Perfect Capital Mobility and Immobile Labor Forces
  • Chapter 8 Universal Discipline or Individual Discipline: On the Viability of the Eurozone as a Nonadjustable Local Fixed Exchange Rate Regime
  • Chapter 9 Industrial Hollowing Under a Flexible Exchange Rate System
  • Chapter 10 On the Function of Gold Standard in Idealism and Reality
  • Part 4 Applications to Economic Growth Theory
  • Chapter 11 Dexterity as a Source of Economic Growth
  • Chapter 12 Monetary Economic Growth Theory under Perfect Competition: Can Monetary Expansion Really Enhance Economic Growth?
  • Chapter 13 A Keynesian Monetary Growth Model under Monopolistic Competition: Is Economic Growth Sustainable without Government Help?
  • Part 5 Critiques of the Existing Monetary Theories
  • Chapter 14 A Critique of Lucas' Theory
  • Chapter 15 Does the Search Model Succeed in Describing a Monetary Economy?