Functional Structure Inference

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Most of the chapters in this volume were delivered as papers in two sessions that William Barnett organized at a conference held in Vigo (Spain) in July 2005, sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory. The volume brings together fundamental new research in economics, including relevant significant innovations in microeconometrics, macroeconomics, and monetary and financial economics, thereby making substantive contributions to the literature.

*Presents original, innovative research

*Covers a number of issues in macroeconomics, monetary economics, and financial economics

*Part of the ISETE series

Part I: Nonparametric Approaches to Separability Testing

Part II: Flexible Functional Forms and Theoretical Regularity

Part III: Functional Structure and the Theory of Optimal Currency Areas

Part IV: Functional Structure and Asymmetric Demand Responses

Part V: Seasonality, Liquidity Constraints, and Hopf Bifurcations

Part VI: Fiscal Policy and Real Business Cycles in Open Economies

Part VII: Monetary Policy and Capital Accumulation