{"product_id":"controversies-in-macroeconomics-isbn-9780631215868","title":"Controversies in Macroeconomics","description":"\u003ci\u003eControversies in Macroeconomics: Growth, Trade and Policy\u003c\/i\u003e presents debates from the world's leading researchers on some of the most important issues in economics today. Accessible to the general economics reader, this book is ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduates in intermediate macroeconomics, macroeconomic theory, development economics, growth theory and trade theory.  List of Authors. \u003cp\u003ePreface: William D. Nordhaus (Yale).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Huw David Dixon (York).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: On the Convergence and Divergence of Growth Rates:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Steven N. Durlauf (Wisconsin-Madison).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis: Xavier X. Sala-i-Martin (Universitat Pompeu Fabra).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Technology and Convergence: Andrew B. Bernard (MIT) and Charles I. Jones (Stanford).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Twin Peaks: Growth and Convergence in Models of Distribution Dynamics: Danny T. Quah (London School of Economics).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Convergence?Inferences from Theoretical Models: Oded Galor (Hebrew University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Trade Liberalisation and Growth:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Huw David Dixon (York).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Why Trade Liberalisation Is Good for Growth: Anne O. Krueger (Stanford).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Trade Liberalisation in Developing Economies: Modest Benefits but Problems with Productivity Growth, Macro Prices, and Income Distribution: Jose Antonio Ocampo (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) and Lance Taylor (New School University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Trade Reform, Adjustment and Growth: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?: David Greenaway, Wyn Morgan and Peter Wright (all Nottingham).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Regionalism versus Multilateralism:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Sajal Lahiri (Essex).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Trading Preferentially: Theory and Policy: Jagdish Bhagwati (Columbia), David Greenaway (Nottingham) and Arvind Panagariya (Maryland).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The New Regionalism: Wilfred J. Ethier (Pennsylvania).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Will Preferential Agreements Undermine the Multilateral Trading System?: Kyle Bagwell (Columbia) and Robert W. Staiger (Wisconsin-Madison).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Financial Liberalisation and Economic Development:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Huw David Dixon (York).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. In Favour of Financial Liberalisation: Maxwell J. Fry (Birmingham).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Financial Liberalisation, Stockmarkets and Economic Development: Ajit Singh (Cambridge).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Financial Development and Economic Growth: Assessing the Evidence: Philip Arestis (East London) and Panicos Demetriades (Keele).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Economics and the Measurement of Happiness:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Huw David Dixon (York).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Happiness and Economic Performance: Andrew J. Oswald (Warwick).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Frame of Reference as a Public Good: Robert H. Frank (Cornell).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. A Case for Happiness, Cardinalism, and Interpersonal Comparability: Yew-Kwang Ng (Monash).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Traditional Productivity Estimates Are Asleep at the (Technological) Switch: William D. Nordhaus (Yale).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Economists, the Welfare State and Growth: The Case of Sweden:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction : Huw David Dixon (York).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Eurosclerosis and the Sclerosis of Objectivity: On the Role of Values Among Economic Policy Experts: Walter Korpi (Stockholm).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Sweden's Relative Economic Performance: Lagging Behind or Staying on Top?: Magnus Henreksen (Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research, Stockholm).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Why Sweden's Welfare State Needed Reform: Jonas Agell (Uppsala).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Swedish Economic Performance and Swedish Economic Debate: A View from Outside: Steve Dowrick (Australian National).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eHuw David Dixon\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Economics at the University of York. In addition to editorial involvement with the \u003ci\u003eReview of Economic Studies,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Industrial Economics\u003c\/i\u003e and the Controversies section in \u003ci\u003ethe Economics Journal,\u003c\/i\u003e he has authored more than fifty papers in research journals and books. Dixon's research areas include the macroeconomics of imperfect competition, oligopoly theory, learning and bounded rationality. He is a member of the Council of the \u003ci\u003eRoyal Economic Society\u003c\/i\u003e and a fellow of the \u003ci\u003eCEPR.\u003c\/i\u003e Dixon received his PhD from Oxford University under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Sir James Mirrlees.  \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eControversies in Macroeconomics: Growth, Trade and Policy\u003c\/i\u003e presents debates from the world’s leading researchers on some of the most important questions in economics today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDo growth rates converge?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes trade liberalization foster economic growth?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDo trade agreements help or hinder growth?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes financial liberalization stimulate economic development?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes economic growth make us happier?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs the welfare state bad for growth?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessible in the general economics reader, this book is ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduates in intermediate macroeconomics, macroeconomics theory, development economics, growth theory and trade theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach Controversy is introduced by a well-known economist, who links together the ensuing arguments and outlines the main ideas developed. 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