Introduction to the Series Contents of the Handbook Preface to the Handbook PART 6 - MONEY, OTHER ASSETS, AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Chapter 14 Consumption and Investment 1. Introduction 2. Consumption 2.1. Deterministi icoe 2.2. Stochasti icoe 3. Consumer durables 4. Liquidity constraints 5. Interest rate and wealth effects on consumption 6. Government bonds and Ricardian equivalence 7. Investment 7.1. The neoclassical model and the accelerator 7.2. The q theory 8. Corporate taxes and inflation 9. Uncertainty 10. Inventories 11. Concluding remarks References Chapter 15 Why Does Money Affect Output? A Survey Chapter 16 Credit Rationing Chapter 17 The Macroeconomics of Government Finance
PART 7- MONEY, INFLATION, AND WELFARE Chapter 18 Inflation: Theory and Evidence Chapter 19 Costs of Inflation Chapter 20 The Optimum ntity of Money
PART 8- MONETARY POLICY Chapter 21 Rules Versus Discretion in Monetary Policy Chapter 22 Targets and Instruments of Monetary Policy Chapter Monetary Policy in the Open Economy Index