Dear Anna

Try this:

http://ideas.repec.org/cgi-bin/htsearch?q=rules+vs+discretion

As ever

Bob



On Wed, February 13, 2013 16:18, Anna de Bruyckere wrote:
> Dear all,
>
>
> I am trying to get a better historical and philosophical understanding of
>  the rules vs discretion debate for economic policy, with the problem of
> time inconsistency as a central focus/argument for rule following rather
> than discretionary policy.
>
> I am currently looking for seminal contributions to that literature
> (Kydland & Prescott's 1977 'Rules rather than Discretion' being an obvious
>  part of it), as well as for any historical or philosophical perspectives
> on it. With respect to the latter, it may be that I have not been
> searching very well, but I have mostly found just one piece, Argy's 1988
> 'A Post-War
> History of the Rules vs Discretion Debate' (which I read as a contribution
>  to "Milton Friedman: Critical Assessments", 1990, eds. Wood and Woods).
>
> I'd be much obliged in case some of you would have suggestions on how to
> proceed. I will make sure to compile a summary of suggestions and share
> that on the list with you all.
>
> With my best wishes,
> Anna
>
>
>
> Anna de Bruyckere
> Darwin College
> Cambridge CB3 9EU
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