ABSTRACT
The essays in this Festschrift have been chosen to honour Harald Hagemann and his scientific work. They reflect his main contributions to economic research and his major fields of interest. The essays in the first part deal with various aspects within the history of economic thought. The second part is about the current state of macroeconomics. The essays in the third part of the book cover topics on economic growth and structural dynamics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|162 pages
The history of economic thought
chapter 7|13 pages
The Austrian economists and academic politics in the inter-war period
A preliminary investigation
1
chapter 12|10 pages
A slender trunk and many branches
The history of economic thought in perspective, past and future
part II|119 pages
The current state of macroeconomics
chapter 16|10 pages
‘To use the words of Keynes …'
Olivier J. Blanchard on Keynes and the ‘liquidity trap'
chapter 18|20 pages
Sinn after Böhm-Bawerk
Income distribution, capital flows and current account imbalances in EMU
part III|152 pages
Economic growth and structural dynamics
chapter 25|13 pages
Innovation, institutions and competition
A reflection on the contribution of the Soft Budget Constraint approach
chapter 27|14 pages
Market definition in technologically dynamic markets
An example from mobile telecommunications
chapter 30|11 pages
Theoretical foundations of modern macroeconomic policies in a small open economy
The case of Norway
