books In The Great Depression Ben S. Bernanke has gathered together his essays on why the Great Depression was so devastating and lasted so long. These essays include some of the recent research on the international character of the crisis. This broad view shows us that while the Great Depression was an unparalleled disaster on a truly universal scale, some economies pulled up faster than others, and some made an opportunity out of a disaster. By comparing and contrasting the economic strategies and statistics of the world's nations as they struggled to survive economically, the fundamental lessons of macroeconomics stand out in bold relief against a background of immense human suffering. The essays in this volume present a uniquely coherent view of the economic causes and worldwide propagation of the depression.
More information on The Great Depression is availabe from the Princeton University Press. Clear, balanced, and authoritative, Inflation Targeting is a groundbreaking study that will have a major impact on the debate over the right monetary strategy for the coming decades. As a unique comparative study of what central banks actually do in different countries around the world, this book will also be invaluable to anyone interested in how economic policy is made.
More information on Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience is available from the Princeton University Press. Principles of Economics (with Robert H. Frank)
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Revisits the long-run relationship of saving and grwoth. Forthcoming, NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2001. With Refet Gurkaynak. Forecasting and analysis of policy reaction functions with large data sets. Forthcoming, Journal of Monetary Economics. With Jean Boivin. Stochastic simulations show little gain from an independent response to stock prices by the central bank. Forthcoming, AER Papers and Proceedings. With Mark Gertler.
Complete JSTOR listing
Inside the Black Box: The Credit Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission (in Symposia: The Monetary Transmission Mechanism) Ben S. Bernanke, Mark Gertler The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 9, No. 4. (Autumn, 1995), pp. 27-48. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
The Federal Funds Rate and the Channels of Monetary Transmission Ben S. Bernanke, Alan S. Blinder The American Economic Review, Vol. 82, No. 4. (Sep., 1992), pp. 901-921. [ Citation / Abstract ] [ Article ]
Procyclical Labor Productivity and Competing Theories of the Business Cycle: Some Evidence from Interwar U.S. Manufacturing Industries Ben S. Bernanke, Martin L. Parkinson The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 99, No. 3. (Jun., 1991), pp. 439-459. [ Citation / Abstract ] [ Article ]
Financial Fragility and Economic Performance Ben Bernanke, Mark Gertler Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 105, No. 1. (Feb., 1990), pp. 87-114. [ Citation / Abstract ] [ Article ]
Clearing and Settlement during the Crash Ben S. Bernanke Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, National Bureau of Economic Research Conference: Stock Market Volatility and the Crash, Dorado Beach, March 16-18, 1989. (1990), pp. 133-151. [ Citation / Abstract ] [ Article ]
Unemployment, Inflation, and Wages in the American Depression: Are There Lessons for Europe? (in Issues Posed by High Unemployment in Europe) Ben Bernanke, Martin Parkinson The American Economic Review, Vol. 79, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Hundred and First Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1989), pp. 210-214. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
Agency Costs, Net Worth, and Business Fluctuations Ben Bernanke, Mark Gertler The American Economic Review, Vol. 79, No. 1. (Mar., 1989), pp. 14-31. [ Citation / Abstract ] [ Article ]
Credit, Money, and Aggregate Demand (in Is It Money or Credit, or Both, or Neither?) Ben S. Bernanke, Alan S. Blinder The American Economic Review, Vol. 78, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the One-Hundredth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1988), pp. 435-439. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
Employment, Hours, and Earnings in the Depression: An Analysis of Eight Manufacturing Industries Ben S. Bernanke The American Economic Review, Vol. 76, No. 1. (Mar., 1986), pp. 82-109. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
The Great Depression, 1929-1938: Lessons for the 1980s (in Book Reviews) Christian Saint-Etienne Review author: Ben S. Bernanke The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 93, No. 4. (Aug., 1985), pp. 831-835. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
Permanent Income, Liquidity, and Expenditure on Automobiles: Evidence From Panel Data Ben S. Bernanke Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 99, No. 3. (Aug., 1984), pp. 587-614. [ Citation / Abstract ] [ Article ]
Nonmonetary Effects of the Financial Crisis in the Propagation of the Great Depression Ben S. Bernanke The American Economic Review, Vol. 73, No. 3. (Jun., 1983), pp. 257-276. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
Financial Crises: Theory, History, and Policy (in Book Reviews; 300: Domestic Monetary and Fiscal Theory and Institutions) Charles P. Kindleberger, Jean-Pierre Laffargue Review author: Ben S. Bernanke Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 21, No. 2. (Jun., 1983), pp. 574-575. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
On the Sources of Labor Productivity Variation in U.S. Manufacturing, 1947-1980 Ben S. Bernanke The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 65, No. 2. (May, 1983), pp. 214-224. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
The Determinants of Investment: Another Look (in Investment, Savings, and Incentives) Ben S. Bernanke The American Economic Review, Vol. 73, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Ninety-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1983), pp. 71-75. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
Irreversibility, Uncertainty, and Cyclical Investment Ben S. Bernanke Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 98, No. 1. (Feb., 1983), pp. 85-106. [ Citation / Abstract ] [ Article ]
Bankruptcy, Liquidity, and Recession (in The Economics of Recessions) Ben S. Bernanke The American Economic Review, Vol. 71, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Ninety-Third Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1981), pp. 155-159. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
Factors in Business Investment (in Book Reviews) Robert Eisner Review author: Ben S. Bernanke The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 88, No. 4. (Aug., 1980), pp. 811-813. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
Discussion (in Empirical Studies of the Rate of Return Capital) Ben S. Bernanke, Jeremy I. Bulow The American Economic Review, Vol. 70, No. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the Ninety-Second Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. (May, 1980), pp. 338-339. [ Citation ] [ Article ]
Complete NBER Listing
paper authors title W7559 Feb 2000 Ben Bernanke Mark Gertler Monetary Policy and Asset Price Volatility W6608 Jun 1998 Ben S. Bernanke Ilian Mihov The Liquidity Effect and Long-Run Neutrality W6455 Mar 1998 Ben Bernanke Mark Gertler Simon Gilchrist The Financial Accelerator in a Quantitative Business Cycle Framework W6157 Sep 1997 Ben S. Bernanke Michael Woodford Inflation Forecasts and Monetary Policy W5893 Jul 1997 Ben S. Bernanke Frederic S. Mishkin Inflation Targeting: A New Framework for Monetary Policy? W5764 Sep 1996 Ben S. Bernanke Ilian Mihov What Does the Bundesbank Target? W5439 Jan 1996 Ben S. Bernanke Kevin Carey Nominal Wage Stickiness and Aggregate Supply in the Great Depression W5146 Jun 1995 Ben S. Bernanke Mark Gertler Inside the Black Box: The Credit Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission W5145 Jun 1995 Ben S. Bernanke Ilian Mihov Measuring Monetary Policy W4814 Aug 1994 Ben S. Bernanke The Macroeconomics of the Great Depression: A Comparative Approach W4789 Jul 1994 Ben Bernanke Mark Gertler Simon Gilchrist The Financial Accelerator and the Flight to Quality W4082 Apr 1993 Ben Bernanke Frederic Mishkin Central Bank Behavior and the Strategy of Monetary Policy: Observations From Six Industrialized Countries W3503 Nov 1990 Ben S. Bernanke Martin L. Parkinson Procyclical Labor Productivity and Competing Theories of the Business Cycle: Some Evidence from Interwar U.S. Manufacturing Industries W3486 Oct 1990 Ben Bernanke On the Predictive Power of Interest Rates and Interest Rate Spreads W3487 Oct 1990 Ben Bernanke The Federal Funds Rate and the Channels of Monetary Transnission W3488 Oct 1990 Ben Bernanke Harold James The Gold Standard, Deflation, and Financial Crisis in the Great Depression: An International Comparison W2534 Jun 1989 Ben S. Bernanke Alan S. Blinder Credit, Money, and Aggregate Demand W2862 Feb 1989 Ben Bernanke Martin Parkinson Unemployment, Inflation, and Wages in the American Depression: Are There Lessons for Europe? W2318 Jul 1987 Ben Bernanke Mark Gertler Financial Fragility and Economic Performance W2015 Aug 1986 Ben S. Bernanke Mark Gertler Agency Costs, Collateral, and Business Fluctuations W1842 Feb 1986 Ben S. Bernanke Alternative Explanations of the Money-Income Correlation T0049 Jun 1985 Ben S. Bernanke Henning Bohn Peter C. Reiss Alternative Nonnested Specification Tests of Time Series Investment Models W1647 Jun 1985 Ben S. Bernanke Mark L. Gertler Banking in General Equilibrium W1642 Jun 1985 Ben S. Bernanke Employment, Hours, and Earnings in the Depression: An Analysis of EightManufacturing Industries W1376 Jun 1984 Ben S. Bernanke James L. Powell The Cyclical Behavior of Industrial Labor Markets: A Comparison of the Pre-War and Post-War Eras W1054 Jan 1983 Ben S. Bernanke Non-Monetary Effects of the Financial Crisis in the Propagation of the Great Depression W1038 Dec 1982 Ben S. Bernanke Adjustment Costs, Durables, and Aggregate Consumption W0756 Sep 1981 Ben S. Bernanke Permanent Income, Liquidity, and Expenditure on Automobiles: Evidence from Panel Data W0712 Jul 1981 Ben S. Bernanke The Sources of Labor Productivity Variation in U.S. Manufacturing, 1947-80 W0502 Jul 1980 Ben S. Bernanke Irreversibility, Uncertainty, and Cyclical Investment