This is the most comprehensive textbook available on the money demand function and its role in modern macroeconomics. The book takes a microeconomic- and aggregation-theoretic approach to the topic and presents empirical evidence using state-of-the-art econometric methodology, while recognizing the existence of unsolved problems and the need for further developments. The new edition is fully revised and includes new chapters.

Increased coverage of theoretical and empirical approaches to the demand for money, including a new chapter on cross-country evidence

Preface.- Foreword.- Introduction.- Classical Macroeconomc Theory.- Keynesian Macroeconomic Theory.- Dynamic Optimization Methods in Discrete Time.- Neoclassical Growth Theory.- Monetary Growth Theory.- The Demand for Money and the Welfare Cost of Inflation.- The Classics, Keynes, and Friedman.- Transactions Theories of Money Demand.- Portfolio Theories of Money Demand.- Conventional Money Demand Functions.- Modeling Trends.- Cointegration and the Demand for Money.- Balanced Growth and the Demand for Money.- Cross Country Evidence.- Microeconomic Foundations.- The New Monetary Aggregates.- Nominal Stylized Facts.- The Nonparametric Approach to Demand Analysis.- The Parametric Approach to Demand Analysis.- Locally Flexible Functional Forms and Demand Systems.- Globally flexible Functional Forms and Demand Systems.- The Econometrics of Demand Systems.- Applied Monetary Demand Analysis.- Future Research Agenda.- References.- Author Index.- Topic Index.