TY - BOOK AU - Michael Woodford AU - Michael Woodford TI - Interest and prices : : foundations of a theory of monetary policy SN - 9780691010496 U1 - 332.46 WOO PY - 2003/// CY - Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock PB - : Princeton University Press KW - Economics KW - ;Monetary policy KW - ;International finance N1 - The return of monetary rules -- Price-level determination under interest-rate rules -- Optimizing models with nominal rigidities -- A neo-Wicksellian framework for the analysis of monetary policy -- Dynamics of the response to monetary policy -- Inflation stabilization and welfare -- Gains from commitment to a policy rule -- Optimal monetary policy rules N2 - Interest and Prices seeks to provide theoretical foundations for a rule-based approach to monetary policy suitable for a world of instant communications and ever more efficient financial markets. In such a world, effective monetary policy requires that central banks construct a conscious and articulate account of what they are doing. Michael Woodford reexamines the foundations of monetary economics, and shows how ER -