About the Author
John B. Taylor is the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George P. Schultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution. Between 2001 and 2005 he served as Under Secretary for the Treasury for International Affairs. In 2010 he received the Bradley Prize for his dedication and intellectual achievements, and is the recipient of the Alexander Hamilton Award for his overall leadership in international finance at the US Treasury. He has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship for his research.
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Table of Contents
Part 6: Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy. 19. Asset prices, consumption, and the business cycle (J.Y. Campbell). 20. Human behavior and the efficiency of the financial system (R.J. Shiller). 21. The financial accelerator in a quantitative business cycle framework (B. Bernanke, M. Gertler and S. Gilchrist).
Part 7: Monetary and Fiscal Policy. 22. Political economics and macroeconomic policy (T. Persson, G. Tabellini). 23. Issues in the design of monetary policy rules (B.T. McCallum). 24. Inflation stabilization and BOP crises in developing countries (G.A. Calvo, C.A. Vegh). 25. Government debt (D.W. Elmendorf, N.G. Mankiw). 26. Optimal fiscal and monetary policy (V.V. Chari, P.J. Kehoe).