Applied economics and public policy

Author(s)

• Begg, Iain
• Henry, S. G. B.
• University of Cambridge. Dept. of Applied Economics

Bibliographic Information

Applied economics and public policy

edited by Iain Begg and S.G.B. Henry

（Occasional papers / University of Cambridge. Dept. of Applied Economics, 63）

Cambridge University Press, 1998

• : hc

Note

Papers presented at a conference on Dec. 15-16, 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Dept. of Applied Economics, Cambridge University

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-288) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Applied economics is both an art and a science. It requires a sound knowledge of economic theory, statistical techniques and data sources, together with an appreciation that behavioural changes can alter apparently established economic relationships. In this book leading economists illustrate the diversity of the subject, and present a series of studies that demonstrate a range of techniques and their applications to economic policy. It contains chapters which explore approaches to macroeconomic modelling analyses of corporate performance, new estimates of the evolution of incomes in the UK since the eighteenth century and assessments of the role of applied economics in guiding macroeconomic policy. All the chapters were specially commissioned to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Cambridge, and the contributions to the book are a fitting tribute to the work instigated by Sir Richard Stone and carried forward by his successors.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Large-scale E-3 modelling of the EU
• 3. The quantification of survey data
• 4. SAMS and applied GE models
• 5. The development of econometric models at the DAE
• 6. Takeovers, investment and the persistence of profits
• 7. Estimation of the company size-growth relation
• 8. Wage-earning during the Industrial Revolution
• 9. Company failure and hysteresis
• 10. Equilibrium properties of macroeconomic models
• 11. Empirical analysis as an underpinning to policy
• 12. Using figures to guide macroeconomic policy.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA3526068X
• ISBN:
  • 0521624142
• LCCN: 97044533
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 296 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB131
  • DC21 : 330.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Economics -- Methodology -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Europe -- Economic conditions -- Statistical methods -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Economic policy -- Methodology -- Congresses
  • LCSH : University of Cambridge. Dept. of Applied Economics -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00717632