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Advances in Economics and Econometrics 3 Volume Hardback Set

Advances in Economics and Econometrics 3 Volume Hardback Set

Advances in Economics and Econometrics 3 Volume Hardback Set

Theory and Applications, Eighth World Congress
Mathias Dewatripont, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago
Stephen J. Turnovsky, University of Washington
January 2003
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    This is the set of three volumes containing edited versions of papers and commentaries presented in invited symposium sessions of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society. The papers summarize and interpret recent key developments and discuss future directions in a wide range of topics in economics and econometrics. The papers cover both theory and applications. Written by leading specialists in their fields these volumes provide a unique survey of progress in the discipline.
    Mathias Dewatripont is Professor of Economics at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles where he was the founding Director of the European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics (ECARE).
    Lars Peter Hansen is Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.
    Stephen J. Turnovsky is Castor Professor of Economics at the Univeristy of Washington and recently serves as an Editor of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
    Professors Dewatripont, Hansen, and Turnovsky are Fellows of the Econometric Society and were Program Co-Chairs of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in Seattle, Washington, in August, 2000.

    •  The 24 leading surveys of key topics in economics and econometrics by world's top scholars in 3 volumes
    •  Cambridge has published these Congress proceedings since 1980 and they have sold very well
    •  Surveys combine theory, methods, empirics, and applications

    Reviews & endorsements

    "The articles are very well written, contain a lot of insight and information, and no doubt together with the discussions form a must-read for anyone interested in modern quantitative economics." Journal of the American Statistical Association

    "These volumes provide valuable, up to date surveys of the frontiers of econometrics and economic theory. They are essential reading for anyone interested in modern quantitative economics." James Heckman, Nobel Laureate, University of Chicago

    "These volumes of Advances contain a wonderful collection of essays. Each one provides a review of the most important developments in a particular area of economics, written by distinguished members of the profession. Auctions, behavioral economics, competition policy, econometric methods and applications, and applied contract theory are among a host of subjects covered. Readers interested in the frontiers of economic research will find thees volumes invaluable." Elhanan Helpman, Harvard and Tel Aviv Universities

    "Great surveys by the authors of new theories themselves are by now expected every five years from the World Congress of the Econometric Society. This collection will be as useful as the previous ones. It is both a retrospective on some of the most lively topics of the recent years-auctions, contracts, regulation, nonparametric econometrics...and prospective on topics in full development-nonstandard utility functions, social interactions, education, and dynamic methods in macroeconomics. A must for the personal library of any serious economist." Jean-Jacques Laffont, Universite des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse

    "These volumes contain the major invited papers at the Econometric Society's Eighth World Congress meetings: They are an impressive and useful collection, and reflect well the editors' intention to focus on research problems of substantive importance. The reader will get a tour of the latest methods in economic theory and econometrics, and will see them at work in dozens of real applications." Robert Lucas, Nobel Laureate, University of Chicago

    "With each essay written by a research leader, Advances in Economics and Econometrics provides a terrific opportunity for economists of every stripe to learn about what is happening at the many frontiers of economics research. These three volumes belong on the shelves of every serious economics researcher." Paul Milgrom, Stanford University

    "This broad coverage of frontier work is a collection of surveys in economic theory and econometrics which were presented at the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society. Written by the top researchers in their respective fields, emphasizing cross-fertilization between disciplines (theory and empirics, micro- and macro-economics, etc.), up to date and very accessible, these volumes also delineate the research agenda for the years to come and are essential readings for researchers and graduate students in economics." Jean Tirole, Universite des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse

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    January 2003
    Multiple copy pack
    9780521818759
    1088 pages
    235 × 160 × 65 mm
    1.845kg
    Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC

    Table of Contents

    • Volume 1:
    • 1. Auctions and efficiency Eric Maskin
    • 2. Why every economist should learn some auction theory Paul Klemperer
    • 3. Global games: theory and applications Stephen Morris and Hyun Song Shin
    • 4. Testing contract theory: a survey of some recent work Pierre-Andre Chiappori and Bernard Salanié
    • 5. The economics of multidimensional screening Jean-Charles Rochet and Lars A. Stole
    • Discussion of papers by P. A. Chiappori and B. Salanié and by J.-.C Rochet and L. A. Stole Patrick Legros
    • 6. Theories of fairness and reciprocity: evidence and economic applications Ernst Fehr and Klaus M. Schmidt
    • 7. Hyperbolic discounting and consumption Christopher Harris and David Laibson
    • Discussion of papers by E. Fehr and K. M. Schmidt and by C. Harris and D. Laibson Glenn Ellison
    • 8. Agglomeration and economic theory Masahisa Fujita and Jacques-Francois Thisse
    • 9. Non-market interactions Edward Glaeser and Jose A. Scheinkman. Volume 2:
    • 1. Sorting, education, and inequality Raquel Fernandez
    • 2. Wage equations and education policy Kenneth I. Wolpin
    • Empirical and theoretical issues in the analysis of education policy: a discussion of the papers by Raquel Fernandez and Kenneth I. Wolpin Costas Meghir
    • 3. Toward a theory of competition policy Patrick Rey
    • 4. Identification and estimation of cost functions using observed bid data: an application to electricity markets Frank Wolak
    • 5. Liquidity, default, and crashes: endogenous contracts in general equilibrium John Geanakoplos
    • 6. Trading volume Andrew W. Lo
    • Discussion of papers by John Geanakoplos and by Andrew Lo and Jiang Wang Franklin Allen
    • 7. Inverse problems and structural econometrics: the example of instrumental variables Jean-Pierre Florens
    • 8. Endogeneity in nonparametric and semiparametric regression models Richard Blundell
    • Discussion of papers by Jean-Pierre Florens and by Richard Blundell and James Powell Manuel Arellano. Volume 3:
    • 1. Contracting constraints, credit markets, and economic development Abhijit V. Banerjee
    • 2. Extracting business cycle indexes from large data sets: aggregation, estimation, identification Lucrezia Reichlin
    • 3. Macroeconomic forecasting using many predictors Mark W. Watson
    • Comments on papers by Lucrezia Reichlin and by Mark W. Watson Frank Diebold
    • 4. How severe is the time inconsistency problem in monetary policy? Stephania Albenesi, V. V. Chari and Lawrence J. Christiano
    • 5. New perspectives on monetary policy, inflation, and the business cycle Jordi Gali
    • Comments on papers by Jordi Gali and by Stephania Albenesi V. V. Chari and Lawrence J. Christiano
    • 6. Consumption smoothing and extended families Orazio P. Attanasio and Jose-Victor Rios-Rull
    • 7. Computational methods for dynamic equilibria with heterogeneous agents Kenneth L. Judd, Felix Kubler and Kaarl Schmedders.
      Contributors
    • Eric Maskin, Paul Klemperer, Stephen Morris, Hyun Song Shin, Pierre-Andre Chiappori, Bernard Salanié, Jean-Charles Rochet, Lars A. Stole, Patrick Legros, Ernst Fehr, Klaus M. Schmidt, Christopher Harris, David Laibson, E. Fehr, Glenn Ellison, Masahisa Fujita, Jacques-Francois Thisse, Edward Glaeser, Jose A. Scheinkman, Raquel Fernandez, Kenneth I. Wolpin, Costas Meghir, Patrick Rey, Frank Wolak, John Geanakoplos, Andrew W. Lo, Franklin Allen, Jean-Pierre Florens, Richard Blundell, Manuel Arellano, Abhijit V. Banerjee, Lucrezia Reichlin, Mark W. Watson, Frank Diebold, Stephania Albenesi, V. V. Chari, Lawrence J. Christiano, Jordi Gali, Orazio P. Attanasio, Jose-Victor Rios-Rull, Kenneth L. Judd, Felix Kubler, Kaarl Schmedders

    • Editors
    • Mathias Dewatripont , Université Libre de Bruxelles

      Mathias Dewatripont is Professor of Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles where he was the founding Director of the European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics (ECARE). Professors Dewatripont, Hansen and Turnovsky are Fellows of the Econometric Society and were Program Co-Chairs of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in Seattle, Washington, in August 2000.

    • Lars Peter Hansen , University of Chicago

      Lars Peter Hansen is Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. Professors Dewatripont, Hansen and Turnovsky are Fellows of the Econometric Society and were Program Co-Chairs of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in Seattle, Washington, in August 2000.

    • Stephen J. Turnovsky , University of Washington

      Stephen J. Turnovsky is Castor Professor of Economics at the University of Washington and recently served as an Editor of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. Professors Dewatripont, Hansen and Turnovsky are Fellows of the Econometric Society and were Program Co-Chairs of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in Seattle, Washington, in August 2000.