Microfoundations Reconsidered: The Relationship of Micro and Macroeconomics in Historical Perspective - Couverture rigide

Garcia Duarte, Pedro; Tadeu Lima, Gilberto

 
9781781004098: Microfoundations Reconsidered: The Relationship of Micro and Macroeconomics in Historical Perspective
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1781004099 ISBN 13 : 9781781004098
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Most macroeconomists agree that we live in the age of microfoundations. The recent worldwide financial crisis may have emboldened critics of this microfoundational orthodoxy, but it remains the dominant view that macroeconomic models must go beyond supply and demand functions to the level of individual decision-making, taking into account the general dynamic environment where agents live. Microfoundations Reconsidered seeks to reassess how the relationship of micro and macroeconomics evolved over time.

The highly regarded contributors to the book argue that the standard narrative of microfoundations is likely to be unreliable. They therefore re-examine the history of the relationship of microeconomics and macroeconomics, starting from their emergence as self-consciously distinct fields within economics in the early 1930s. They seek to go beyond the conventional history that is often told and written by practicing economists. From different perspectives they challenge the association of microfoundations with Robert Lucas and rational expectations and offer both a more complete and a deeper reading of the relationship between micro and macroeconomics.

Microfoundations Reconsidered is a valuable addition to the macroeconomic research literature. It is ideally suited to students, scholars, researchers, and practitioners with an interest in macro and microeconomics and the history of economics.

Contributors: M. De Vroey, P. Garcia Duarte, D.W. Hands, K.D. Hoover, R. Leonard, G.T. Lima, P.E. Mirowski

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À propos de l?auteur

Edited by Pedro Garcia Duarte and Gilberto Tadeu Lima, Professors, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo, Brazil

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1781004099
ISBN 13 
9781781004098
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9781781953303: Microfoundations Reconsidered: The Relationship of Micro and Macroeconomics in Historical Perspective

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ISBN 10 :  1781953309 ISBN 13 :  9781781953303
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2013
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