Advances in Economics and Econometrics 3 Volume Hardback Set

Theory and Applications, Eighth World Congress
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-521-81875-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 1088 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1293 g

Reihe: Econometric Society Monographs

This is a set of three volumes containing edited versions of papers and commentaries presented in invited symposium sessions of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society. The papers summarize and interpret recent key developments and discuss future directions in a wide range of topics in economics and econometrics. The papers cover both theory and applications. Written by leading specialists in their fields, these volumes provide a unique survey of progress in the discipline.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dewatripont, Mathias

Hansen, Lars Peter

Turnovsky, Stephen J.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: 1. Auctions and efficiency Eric Maskin; 2. Why every economist should learn some auction theory Paul Klemperer; 3. Global games: theory and applications Stephen Morris and Hyun Song Shin; 4. Testing contract theory: a survey of some recent work Pierre-Andre Chiappori and Bernard Salanié; 5. The economics of multidimensional screening Jean-Charles Rochet and Lars A. Stole; Discussion of papers by P. A. Chiappori and B. Salanié and by J.-.C Rochet and L. A. Stole Patrick Legros; 6. Theories of fairness and reciprocity: evidence and economic applications Ernst Fehr and Klaus M. Schmidt; 7. Hyperbolic discounting and consumption Christopher Harris and David Laibson; Discussion of papers by E. Fehr and K. M. Schmidt and by C. Harris and D. Laibson Glenn Ellison; 8. Agglomeration and economic theory Masahisa Fujita and Jacques-Francois Thisse; 9. Non-market interactions Edward Glaeser and Jose A. Scheinkman. Volume 2: 1. Sorting, education, and inequality Raquel Fernandez; 2. Wage equations and education policy Kenneth I. Wolpin; Empirical and theoretical issues in the analysis of education policy: a discussion of the papers by Raquel Fernandez and Kenneth I. Wolpin Costas Meghir; 3. Toward a theory of competition policy Patrick Rey; 4. Identification and estimation of cost functions using observed bid data: an application to electricity markets Frank Wolak; 5. Liquidity, default, and crashes: endogenous contracts in general equilibrium John Geanakoplos; 6. Trading volume Andrew W. Lo; Discussion of papers by John Geanakoplos and by Andrew Lo and Jiang Wang Franklin Allen; 7. Inverse problems and structural econometrics: the example of instrumental variables Jean-Pierre Florens; 8. Endogeneity in nonparametric and semiparametric regression models Richard Blundell; Discussion of papers by Jean-Pierre Florens and by Richard Blundell and James Powell Manuel Arellano. Volume 3: 1. Contracting constraints, credit markets, and economic development Abhijit V. Banerjee; 2. Extracting business cycle indexes from large data sets: aggregation, estimation, identification Lucrezia Reichlin; 3. Macroeconomic forecasting using many predictors Mark W. Watson; Comments on papers by Lucrezia Reichlin and by Mark W. Watson Frank Diebold; 4. How severe is the time inconsistency problem in monetary policy? Stephania Albenesi, V. V. Chari and Lawrence J. Christiano; 5. New perspectives on monetary policy, inflation, and the business cycle Jordi Gali; Comments on papers by Jordi Gali and by Stephania Albenesi V. V. Chari and Lawrence J. Christiano; 6. Consumption smoothing and extended families Orazio P. Attanasio and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull; 7. Computational methods for dynamic equilibria with heterogeneous agents Kenneth L. Judd, Felix Kubler and Kaarl Schmedders.

Über Autor(innen)

Dewatripont, Mathias
Mathias Dewatripont is Professor of Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles where he was the founding Director of the European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics (ECARE). Professors Dewatripont, Hansen and Turnovsky are Fellows of the Econometric Society and were Program Co-Chairs of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in Seattle, Washington, in August 2000.

Turnovsky, Stephen J.
Stephen J. Turnovsky is Castor Professor of Economics at the University of Washington and recently served as an Editor of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. Professors Dewatripont, Hansen and Turnovsky are Fellows of the Econometric Society and were Program Co-Chairs of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in Seattle, Washington, in August 2000.

Hansen, Lars Peter
Lars Peter Hansen is Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. Professors Dewatripont, Hansen and Turnovsky are Fellows of the Econometric Society and were Program Co-Chairs of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in Seattle, Washington, in August 2000.