Tinbergen Lectures on Economic Policy

, by Tinbergen, Jan; Knoester, A.; Wellink, A. H. E. M.

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ISBN: 9780444815699 | 0444815694
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Copyright: 5/1/1993

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The institute of annual Tinbergen Lectures was established by the Royal Netherlands Economic Association in honour of one of its greatest members, Jan Tinbergen. Collected in this volume are the six Tinbergen lectures which have been delivered from 1987 onwards by distinguished economists of international standing. The lectures are preceded by a brief outline of their content, and a chapter dealing with Tinbergen's membership of the Royal Netherlands Economic Association. In addition chapter 3 contains a survey of the change and continuity in Tinbergen's work.

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Preface
Note on the Contributors
Six Tinbergen Lectures on Economic Policy	p. 1
On Macroeconometrics, Profitability and Macroeconomic Policy	p. 1
On Privatization, Economic Growth and Monetary Policy	p. 4
Tinbergen and the Royal Netherlands Economic Association	p. 9
The Royal Netherlands Economic Association	p. 9
Tinbergen's 1936 Address to the Royal Netherlands Economic Association: the World's First Empirical Macroeconomic Model	p. 11
Reactions to Tinbergen's Model at the 1936 Annual Meeting of the Royal Netherlands Economic Association	p. 15
Tinbergen's Four Other Addresses to the Royal Netherlands Economic Association	p. 19
Appendix: Tinbergen's 1936 Model	p. 22
Tinbergen's Work: Change and Continuity	p. 27
Areas of Tinbergen's Work: Change	p. 29
Characteristics of Tinbergen's Work: Continuity	p. 42
Carrying Forward the Tinbergen Initiative in Macroeconometrics	p. 55
Profitability and Factor Demands Under Uncertainty	p. 75
The Production Function	p. 78
The Demand Function	p. 79
Optimal Behaviour	p. 80
Comparative Statics: The Kinked Demand Curve	p. 81
Comparative Statics: The Linear Demand Curve	p. 83
On the Theory of Macroeconomic Policy	p. 89
Jan Tinbergen and the Theory of Policy	p. 89
Applications in Macroeconomics	p. 90
Uncertainty about the Effects of Instruments	p. 93
Pitfalls in Policy Exploitations of Empirical Regularities	p. 94
Relations between Qualitative and Quantitative Policies	p. 96
What can Economists say about Policy Objectives?	p. 97
The Principles of Privatization in Eastern Europe	p. 103
Values	p. 104
The Transformation's Evolutionary Nature and the Role of the State	p. 109
Types of Owners	p. 110
Domestic and Foreign Ownership	p. 123
The Pace of Privatization	p. 124
Policies for Economic Growth	p. 127
The Recent Failure of US Monetary Policy	p. 141
Targets for Nominal GDP and the Money Stock	p. 143
Why the Fed was not Aggressive Enough: Managing Short-Term Interest Rates	p. 147
The Fed's Lack of Direct Control of M2	p. 151
The New Bank Requirements	p. 152
Name Index	p. 155
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