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Intermediate Macroeconomics without the IS-LM Model

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  • Akila Weerapana

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The IS-LM model is the primary model of economic fluctuations taught in intermediate-level undergraduate macroeconomics. Recent works by Taylor and Romer make a strong case for an alternative model, known as the aggregate demand-price adjustment (AD-PA) or the aggregate demand-inflation adjustment (AD-IA) model, as a better model of economic fluctuations. The author argues that the AD-PA model is superior to the IS-LM model for teaching about economic fluctuations in intermediate macroeconomics. He compares the perfomance of the two models in teaching about two important issues in current macroeconomics: the ineffectiveness of monetary policy in stimulating the 1990s Japanese economy and the rapid switch of the U.S. Federal Reserve from contractionary policy to expansionary policy in 2001.

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  • Akila Weerapana, 2003. "Intermediate Macroeconomics without the IS-LM Model," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(3), pages 241-262, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jeduce:v:34:y:2003:i:3:p:241-262
    DOI: 10.1080/00220480309595219
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    1. David H. Romer, 2000. "Keynesian Macroeconomics without the LM Curve," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 14(2), pages 149-169, Spring.
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