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Working Papers
2002
Macroeconomic Strategy in Wartime
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
2001
Fiscal Policy: Its Macroeconomics in Perspective
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1999
On Minsky's Agenda for Reform
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1998
Financial Globalization: Can National Currencies Survive?
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
Monetary Policy: Recent Theory and Practice
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1997
Can We Grow Faster?
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
Supply Constraints on Employment and Output: NAIRU Versus Natural Rate
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
The Experiment in Applied Econometrics
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1995
An Overview of the General Theory
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1994
Health Care Reform as Seen by a General Economist
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
Two Cases for Sand in the Wheels of International Finance
Center for International and Development Economics Research (CIDER) Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley View citations
See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1995)
1993
An Old Keynesian Counterattacks
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in Eastern Economic Journal (1992)
Poverty in Relation to Macroeconomic Trends, Cycles, and Policies
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
The Natural Rate as New Classical Macroeconomics -- For Rod Cross, The Natural Rate Hypothesis 25 Years On
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1992
Money (for New Palgrave Money and Finance)
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1991
Commentary on Irving Fisher, The Nature of Capital and Income (1906)
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
International Currency Regimes, Capital Mobility, and Macroeconomic Policy
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
On the Internationalization of Portfolios
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (1992)
Preface to Eduard Marz, Schumpeter, English Translation, Yale University Press
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
Price Flexibility and Output Stability: An Old Keynesian View
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1993)
The Invisible Hand in Modern Macroeconomics
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1990
Growth and Distribution: A Neoclassical Kaldor-Robinson Exercise
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
See also Journal Article in Cambridge Journal of Economics (1989)
1989
On the Theory of Macroeconomic Policy
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1988
The Macroeconomics of Government Finance
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
See also Chapter (1990)
1987
Financial Intermediaries
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
Inventories, Investment, Inflation and Taxes
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
The Future of Social Security: One Economist's Assessment
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1986
The Monetary-Fiscal Mix: Long-Run Implications
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1986)
1985
Neoclassical Theory in America: J.B. Clark and Fisher
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1985)
1984
A Mean-Variance Approach to Fundamental Valuations
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
The Monetary-Fiscal Policy Mix in the United States, W. A. Mackintosh Lecture
Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics
1983
Macroeconomics Under Debate
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1982
Macroeconomics and Fiscal Policy: Paul A. Samuelson and Modern Economics
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
Money and Finance in the Macro-Economic Process
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (1982)
1981
Mandatory Retirement Saving and Capital Formation
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1980
A Model of U.S. Financial and Nonfinancial Economic Behavior
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1979
The Short-Run Macroeconomics of Floating Exchange Rates: An Exposition
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1978
A Proposal for International Monetary Reform
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in Eastern Economic Journal (1978)
Debt Neutrality: A Brief Review of Doctrine and Evidence
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
Fiscal and Monetary Policies, Capital Formation, and Economic Activity
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
Government Deficits and Capital Accumulation
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1977
Deficit Spending and Crowding Out in Shorter and Longer Runs
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
How Dead is Keynes?
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (1977)
Monetary Policies and the Economy -- The Transmission Mechanism
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1976
Asset Markets and the Cost of Capital
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1975
Keynesian Models of Recession and Depression
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1975)
1974
Long Run Effects of Fiscal and Monetary Policy on Aggregate Demand
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1972
Technological Development and Employment
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1971
Friedman's Theoretical Framework
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1972)
Is Growth Obsolete?
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Chapter (1973)
Summary Comment
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
Wealth, Liquidity, and Consumption
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
Wealth, Liquidity, and the Propensity to Consume
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1969
Money and Income: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1970)
Money and Permanent Income: Some Empirical Tests
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1969)
1968
Notes on Optimal Monetary Growth
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1968)
Pitfalls in Financial Model-Building
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1965
A Model of Fixed Capital without Substitution
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1963
Commercial Banks as Creators of 'Money'
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1962
Financial Intermediaries and the Effectiveness of Monetary Controls
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1960
Inter-Generation Transfers of Wealth and the Theory of Saving
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1959
Consumer Expenditures and the Capital Account
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
1957
Alternative Forecasts of Saving 1947-56
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
Consumer Debt and Spending: Some Evidence from Analysis of a Survey
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
On the Predictive Value of Consumer Intentions and Attitudes
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1956
Estimation of Relationships for Limited Dependent Variables
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
Liquidity Preference as Behavior Towards Risk
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
1955
The Application of Multivariate Probit Analysis to Economic Survey Data
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University View citations
Journal Articles
2005
"Fisher's" Nature of Capital and Income
American Journal of Economics and Sociology , 2005, 64 , (1), 207-214
Fisher's Text
American Journal of Economics and Sociology , 2005, 64 , (1), 201-205
Irving Fisher (1867-1947)
American Journal of Economics and Sociology , 2005, 64 , (1), 19-42
Tobin on Hall
American Journal of Economics and Sociology , 2005, 64 , (1), 113-116
2003
A Proposal for Monetary Reform
Eastern Economic Journal , 2003, 29 , (4), 519-526 View citations
2002
A Hard Look at the Costs of Peace
World Economics , 2002, 3 , (2), 61-74
James Tobin''le Söyleşi
Iktisat Isletme ve Finans , 2002, 17 , (193), 34-36
James Tobin, 1918–2002
World Economics , 2002, 3 , (3), 121-160
2001
International trade and financial markets
Japan and the World Economy , 2001, 13 , (4), 499-502
2000
Financial Globalization
World Development , 2000, 28 , (6), 1101-1104 View citations
1998
Asian financial crisis
Japan and the World Economy , 1998, 10 , (3), 351-353 View citations
World economy and financial markets
Japan and the World Economy , 1998, 10 , (3), 377-379
1997
Comments by Professor James Tobin
Journal of Applied Econometrics , 1997, 12 , (5), 647-50
Irving Fisher (1867-1947) in Retrospect: Fisher's Introductory Text
American Economic Review , 1997, 87 , (2), 430-32
The economics of the radical right
Journal of Economics and Finance , 1997, 21 , (1), 3-6
1996
A currency transactions tax, why and how
Open Economies Review , 1996, 7 , (1), 493-499 View citations
Flexibilidad de precios y estabilidad de la produccion: punto de vista de un antiguo keynesiano
Lecturas de Economía , 1996, (44), 95-130
1995
Memories of Doug Purvis
Canadian Journal of Economics , 1995, 28 , (s1), 1-3
Remin1nscences of Dudley Dillard
Eastern Economic Journal , 1995, 21 , (1), 1-6
Two Cases for Sand in the Wheels of International Finance
Economic Journal , 1995, 105 , (428), 162-72 View citations
See also Working Paper (1994)
1994
How can monetary policy be improved?
Conference Series ; [Proceedings] , 1994, 229-258
1993
Price Flexibility and Output Stability: An Old Keynesian View
Journal of Economic Perspectives , 1993, 7 , (1), 45-65 View citations
See also Working Paper (1991)
1992
An Old Keynesian Counterattacks
Eastern Economic Journal , 1992, 18 , (4), 387-400
See also Working Paper (1993)
On the Internationalization of Portfolios
Oxford Economic Papers , 1992, 44 , (4), 533-65 View citations
See also Working Paper (1991)
1990
Growth and Distribution: A Reply
Cambridge Journal of Economics , 1990, 14 , (2), 232
Monetary policies in the 1980s and beyond
Proceedings , 1990, 481-488
1989
Growth and Distribution: A Neoclassical Kaldor-Robinson Exercise
Cambridge Journal of Economics , 1989, 13 , (1), 37-45 View citations
See also Working Paper (1990)
The 1980s A decade of stagnation?
Japan and the World Economy , 1989, 1 , (2), 205-215
The Optimal Cash Balance Proposition: Maurice Allais' Priority
Journal of Economic Literature , 1989, 27 , (3), 1160-62 View citations
1987
The case for preserving regulatory distinctions
Proceedings , 1987, 167-205 View citations
1986
Inflation and unemployment in the share economy
Journal of Comparative Economics , 1986, 10 , (4), 460-463
On the Welfare Macroeconomics of Government Financial Policy
Scandinavian Journal of Economics , 1986, 88 , (1), 9-24
The Future of Keynesian Economics
Eastern Economic Journal , 1986, 12 , (4), 347-356 View citations
The Monetary-Fiscal Mix: Long-run Implications
American Economic Review , 1986, 76 , (2), 213-18 View citations
See also Working Paper (1986)
The monetary and fiscal policy mix
Economic Review , 1986, (Aug), 4-16
1985
Neoclassical Theory in America: J. B. Clark and Fisher
American Economic Review , 1985, 75 , (6), 28-38 View citations
See also Working Paper (1985)
On Consequences and Criticisms of Monetary Targeting, or Monetary Targeting: Dead at Last? Comment
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 1985, 17 , (4), 605-09 View citations
1984
Price stability and public policy (overview)
Proceedings , 1984, 201-208
1983
'Domestic saving and international capital movements in the long run and the short run' by M. Feldstein
European Economic Review , 1983, 21 , (1-2), 153-156 View citations
Monetary Policy: Rules, Targets, and Shocks
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 1983, 15 , (4), 506-18 View citations
1982
Money and Finance in the Macroeconomic Process
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 1982, 14 , (2), 171-204 View citations
See also Working Paper (1982)
The 1982 economic report of the president: The annual report of the council of economic advisers
Journal of Monetary Economics , 1982, 10 , (3), 297-308
The Commercial Banking Firm: A Simple Model
Scandinavian Journal of Economics , 1982, 84 , (4), 495-530 View citations
1981
Comment on the Paper by Professor Laidler [Monetarism: An Interpretation and an Assessment]
Economic Journal , 1981, 91 , (361), 56-57
The Monetarist Counter-Revolution Today-An Appraisal
Economic Journal , 1981, 91 , (361), 29-42 View citations
The Reagan economic plan--supply-side, budget and inflation
Economic Review , 1981, (Fall suppl) View citations
1980
Are New Classical Models Plausible Enough to Guide Policy?
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 1980, 12 , (4), 788-99 View citations
Stabilization Policy Ten Years After
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity , 1980, 11 , (1980-1), 19-90 View citations
1978
A Proposal for International Monetary Reform
Eastern Economic Journal , 1978, 4 , (3-4), 153-159 View citations
See also Working Paper (1978)
Comment from academic scribbler
Journal of Monetary Economics , 1978, 4 , (3), 617-625
1977
How Dead Is Keynes?
Economic Inquiry , 1977, 15 , (4), 459-68 View citations
See also Working Paper (1977)
Macroeconomic Effects of Selective Public Employment and Wage Subsidies
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity , 1977, 8 , (1977-2), 511-544 View citations
1976
Hansen and Public Policy
The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 1976, 90 , (1), 32-37
1975
Keynesian Models of Recession and Depression
American Economic Review , 1975, 65 , (2), 195-202 View citations
See also Working Paper (1975)
1974
Monetary Policy in 1974 and Beyond
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity , 1974, 5 , (1974-1), 219-232
Notes on the economic theory of expulsion and expropriation
Journal of Development Economics , 1974, 1 , (1), 7-18 View citations
What Is Permanent Endowment Income?
American Economic Review , 1974, 64 , (2), 427-32 View citations
1973
Explanation of Birth Rate Changes over Space and Time: A Study of Taiwan: Comment
Journal of Political Economy , 1973, 81 , (2), S275-78
More on Inflation: Reply
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 1973, 5 , (4), 982-84
1972
Can You Fool All of the People All of the Time?: Reply
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 1972, 4 , (2), 431-36
Friedman's Theoretical Framework
Journal of Political Economy , 1972, 80 , (5), 852-63 View citations
See also Working Paper (1971)
Inflation and Unemployment
American Economic Review , 1972, 62 , (1), 1-18 View citations
1970
Deposit Interest Ceilings as a Monetary Control
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 1970, 2 , (1), 4-14 View citations
Money and Income: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?
The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 1970, 84 , (2), 301-17 View citations
See also Working Paper (1969)
Money and Income: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?: Rejoinder
The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 1970, 84 , (2), 328-29
On Limiting the Domain of Inequality
Journal of Law & Economics , 1970, 13 , (2), 263-77 View citations
1969
A General Equilibrium Approach to Monetary Theory
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking , 1969, 1 , (1), 15-29 View citations
Comment on Borch and Feldstein
Review of Economic Studies , 1969, 36 , (105), 13-14 View citations
Money and Permanent Income: Some Empirical Tests
American Economic Review , 1969, 59 , (2), 285-95 View citations
See also Working Paper (1969)
1968
Notes on Optimal Monetary Growth
Journal of Political Economy , 1968, 76 , 833 View citations
See also Working Paper (1968)
1967
Major Issues in the Regulation of Financial Institutions: Comment
Journal of Political Economy , 1967, 75 , 508
1955
A Dynamic Aggregative Model
Journal of Political Economy , 1955, 63 , 103 View citations
Books
1996
Essays in Economics, Vol. 4: National and International, vol 4
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press
1989
Policies for Prosperity: Essays in a Keynesian Mode, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations
1987
Essays in Economics - Vol. 2: Consumption and Economics, vol 2
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations
1972
Economic Research: Retrospect and Prospect Vol 5: Economic Growth
NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Edited books
1988
Two Revolutions in Economic Policy: The First Economic Reports of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press
Chapters
1994
Monetary Policy
A chapter in American Economic Policy in the 1980s , 1994, pp 81-164
1990
The macroeconomics of government finance
Chapter 17 in Handbook of Monetary Economics , 1990, vol. 2, pp 889-959 View citations
See also Working Paper (1988)
1973
Is Growth Obsolete?
A chapter in The Measurement of Economic and Social Performance , 1973, pp 509-564 View citations
Also in A chapter in Economic Research: Retrospect and Prospect Vol 5: Economic Growth , 1972, pp 1-80 (1972) View citations
See also Working Paper (1971)