Research in macroeconomics in the last thirty years has featured, almost
exclusively on two characteristics: an emphasis on the microfoundations of macroeconomics
and secondly, intertemporal economics, that is, the behavior of economic actors over time.
Curiously, textbooks in intermediate macroeconomics have been very slow to adopt these
traits.
The aim of this book is to bring intermediate instruction in macroeconomics fully into
line with the direction taken by the research community. Key hallmarks of the text
include:
- a full introduction to the microfoundations of consumption and investment
- a complete model of the labor market with profit maximization for firms to determine
labor demand and a utility maximization model to determine labor supply
- an analysis of the Baumol-Tobin model to determine money demand accompanied by a
discussion of traditional money supply
Possessing a full range of additional learning features including a companion website,
test bank and instructor’s manual, the book takes an international view of
macroeconomics with case studies and examples from the United States and beyond.
Robert J. Rossana
is Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Wayne
State University, Detroit, USA.
Table of Contents
Part One: Preliminary Concepts and Measurement
1. An Introduction to Macroeconomics
2. Measuring Macroeconomic Data
3. Business Cycle Measurement
Part Two: Microfoundations
4. Consumption
5. Investment
6. Government
7. Money
8. The Labor Market
Part Three: Long Run Models of the Economy
9. A Classical Model of the Aggregate Economy
10. Economic Growth
Part Four: Short Run Models of the Economy
11. Aggregate Demand
12. Models of Cyclical Fluctuations
13. The Phillips Curve and Expectation Formation
14. Macroeconomic Policy
15. Macroeconomics in an Open Economy
534 pages, Paperback