Advances in Business Cycle Research

On the Theoretical Relevance and Empirical Validity of Augmented Real Business Cycle Models: An Introduction.- 1 Why to Consider Augmented Real Business Cycle Models?.- 2 Walrasian ARBC Models.- 3 Non Walrasian Models and Other Developments.- 4 Looking at the Future : Beyond ARBC Models.- I Advances into RBC Framework.- 1 Presentation and Evaluation of the Real Business Cycles Approach.- 2 A RBC Model for Explaining Cyclical Labor Market Features.- 3 Cash-In-Advance Constraint and the Business Cycle.- 4 The International Transmission of Real Business Cycles.- 5 A Small Open Economy RBC Model: the French Economy Case.- II Advances beyond RBC Framework.- 6 Nominal Rigidities and Monopolistic Competition: A New-Keynesian View.- 7 Nominal Wage Contracts and the Short-Run Dynamics of Real Wages.- 8 Unemployment and Business Cycle : a General Equilibrium Matching Model.- 9 Business Cycle and Endogenous Growth : Learning by Doing versus Rationalizing.- 10 Statistical Evaluation of the RBC Model.