Monday, December 26, 2016

John Muellbauer — Macroeconomics and consumption: Why central bank models failed and how to repair them


Good analysis of why central bank models fall short based on overly restrictive assumptions and failure to include key factors in the parameters. So the parameters that are identified are miscast and important parameters are ignored, notably the role of credit as a financial accelerator. 

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Macroeconomics and consumption: Why central bank models failed and how to repair them
John Muellbauer | Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College; Professor of Economics, Oxford University; and Senior Fellow, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School

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