IS–LM
From The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, 2008
Edited by
Steven
N.
Durlauf
and
Lawrence
E.
Blume
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Abstract
The IS–LM model is a short-run macroeconomic analytical construct for studying an economy with idle productive resources. The diagram has been especially influential because its constituent curves are loci on which the goods market (IS curve) and the money market (LM curve) are respectively in equilibrium, making it possible to infer changes in fiscal policy and monetary policy, both separate and simultaneous. The model is prominent in elementary and intermediate macroeconomic textbooks, yet it fails to accommodate the main features of modern macroeconomic theory, although modern dynamic models are sometimes interpreted as having IS–LM type features.
Keywords
asset price equilibrium; Bretton Woods System; central bank independence; crowding out; deflation; Econometric Society; expectations; Federal Reserve System; fiscal drag; fiscal policy; Fleming, J.; floating exchange rate; general equilibrium; government budget constraint; Hicks, J.; inflation; inflationary expectations; international capital markets; IS–LM model; Kahn, R.; Keynes, J. M.; liquidity trap; lump sum taxes; macroeconomic volatility; Marshall–Lerner condition; microfoundations; monetarism; monetary policy; monetary policy rules; money demand; money supply; Mundell, R.; Mundell–Tobin effect; open market operations; Pigou effect; price control; progressive taxation; real balance effect; Robinson, J.; stabilization policy; sticky prices; tâtonnement; taxation of income; Taylor rule; uncertainty; Walras's Law
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How to cite this article
Durlauf, Steven N. and Donald D. Hester. "IS–LM." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Second Edition. Eds. Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online. Palgrave Macmillan. 20 May 2013 <http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_I000303> doi:10.1057/9780230226203.0855

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