Handbook of Macroeconomics surveys all major advances in macroeconomic scholarship since the publication of Volume 1 (1999), carefully distinguishing between empirical, theoretical, methodological, and policy issues. It courageously examines why existing models failed during the financial crisis, and also addresses well-deserved criticism head on.
With contributions from the world's chief macroeconomists, its reevaluation of macroeconomic scholarship and speculation on its future constitute an investment worth making.
Table of Contents
Section 1: The Facts of Economic Growth and Economic Fluctuation1. RBC Methodology and the Development of Aggregate Economic Theory2. The Facts of Economic Growth3. Macroeconomic Shocks and Their Propagation4. Macroeconomic Regimes and Regime Shifts5. The Macroeconomics of Time Allocation6. "Who Bears the Cost of Recessions? The Role of House Prices and Household Debt"7. "Allocative and Remitted Wages: New Facts and Challenges for Keynesian Models"8. Financial and Fiscal Crises
Section 2: The Methodology of Macroeconomics9. Factor Models and Structural Vector Autoregressions in Macroeconomics10. Solution and Estimation Methods for DSGE Models11. Recursive Contracts and Endogenously Incomplete Markets12. Macroeconomics and Household Heterogeneity13. Natural Experiments in Macroeconomics14. Accounting for Business Cycles15. Incomplete Information in Macroeconomics: Accommodating Frictions in Coordination16. New Methods for Macro-Financial Model Comparison and Policy Analysis