Just as macroeconomic models
describe the overall economy within a changing, or dynamic, framework, the models
themselves change over time. In this text Stephen J. Turnovsky reviews in depth several
early models as well as a representation of more recent models. They include traditional
(backward-looking) models, linear rational expectations (future-looking) models,
intertemporal optimization models, endogenous growth models, and continuous time
stochastic models. The author uses examples from both closed and open economies. Whereas
others commonly introduce models in a closed context, tacking on a brief discussion of the
model in an open economy, Turnovsky integrates the two perspectives throughout to reflect
the increasingly international outlook of the field.
This new edition has been
extensively revised. It contains a new chapter on optimal monetary and fiscal policy, and
the coverage of growth theory has been expanded substantially. The range of growth models
considered has been extended, with particular attention devoted to transitional dynamics
and nonscale growth. The book includes cutting-edge research and unpublished data,
including much of the author's own work.
671 pages