NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1996

NBER Macroeconomics Annual #11

by Ben S. Bernanke (Editor)

This is the eleventh volume in a series of annuals from the National Bureau of Economic Research that are designed to present, extend, and apply frontier work in macroeconomics, and to encourage and stimulate work by macroeconomists on current policy issues. These contributions offer a good sample of the current issues and exciting research directions in macroeconomics. Contents
Credit, Business Investment, and Output Fluctuations in Japan , Nobuhiro Kiyotaki and Kenneth D. West • Causes and Consequences of Imperfections in the Consumer Price Index , Matthew D. Shapiro and David Wilcox • A Scorecard for Indexed Government Debt , John Y. Campbell and Robert J. Shiller • Technology Improvements and Productivity Another Crazy Explanation , Andreas Hornstein and Per Krusell • Are Currency Crises Self-Fulfilling? , Paul Krugman • Inequity and Growth , Roland Benabou

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First published December 1, 1996

About the author

Ben S. Bernanke served as chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. He was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2009 and was a professor of economics at Princeton University prior to his career in public service.