Franco Modigliani An Intellectual Biography

by Szenberg, Michael; Ramrattan, Lall

• ISBN13: 9780230007895
• ISBN10: 0230007899
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Great Thinkers in Economics is designed to illuminate the economics of some of the greatest historical and contemporary economists by exploring the interactions between their lives and work, and the events surrounding them. The books are brief and written in a style that makes them of interest not only to professional economists, but also to students of economics and the interested lay person.

Author Biography

Lall Ramrattan teaches Economics at the University of California, Berkeley extension, USA.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Preface	p. x
Foreword	p. xii
Modigliani's Early Life and Influences	p. 1
Modigliani and Keynesian Economics	p. 15
The Gospel of Keynesian Reality, Development and Application of Modigliani's Model, 1944-2003, The Realm of Stabilization Policies	p. 45
The Life Cycle Hypothesis	p. 79
Modigliani and Miller's (M&M) Hypothesis	p. 107
Forecasting: The MPS Model	p. 133
A Question of Identity	p. 157
Selected Personal Vignettes	p. 161
Overview on Modigliani's Works	p. 167
Notes	p. 179
Bibliography	p. 195
Index	p. 205
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