1st Edition
Monetary Theory in Retrospect The Selected Essays of Filippo Cesarano
An objective and perceptive account of the literature of monetary theory, this volume, by a central banker who has studied monetary theory over the last quarter of a century, clearly shows how its inherent complexity is much enriched by the study of its history.
In three parts Filippo Cesarano:
- focuses on the innovative ideas of distinguished economists who anticipated modern theories, elaborating on them along lines that suggest original research programmes
- examines the impact of expectations on the effectiveness of monetary policy, illustrating how different assumptions within the classical paradigm lead to diverse hypotheses and policy design
- investigates the role of monetary theory in shaping monetary institutions.
Deserving of a wide readership among both academic economists and monetary policy practitioners, this collection of essays is key reading for students and researchers engaged with monetary theory and the history of economics and policy makers seeking to weigh up the assumptions underlying different theories in order to select the models best suited to the problems they face.
1. On the Role of the History of Economic Analysis Part 1 Classical Monetary Theory 2. Monetary Theory in Ferdinando Galiani's Della Moneta 3. De Viti de Marco as a Monetary Economist 4. On the Effectiveness of Changes in Money Supply: The Puzzle of Mill's View 5. Hume’s Specie-Flow Mechanism and Classical Monetary Theory: An Alternative Interpretation 6. ‘Keynes’s Revindication of Classical Monetary Theory Part 2 Expectations and Monetary Policy 7. The Rational Expectations Hypothesis in Retrospect 8. Expectations and Monetary Policy: A Historical Perspective Part 3 Monetary Theory and Monetary Systems 9. Law and Galiani on Money and Monetary Systems 10. Defining Fundamental Disequilibrium: Keynes’s Unheeded Contribution 11. The Origins of the Theory of Optimum Currency Areas 12. The History of Economic Analysis in Perspective
Biography
Filippo Cesarano
