Empirical models and policy-making : interaction and institutions / edited by Frank A. G. den Butter and Mary S. Morgan ; contributors Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Olav Bjerkhold, John Bradley, James M. Boughton, F.J.H. Don, Jan H.M. Donders, Michael R. Donihue, Pierre Duguay, Hali J. Edison, Peter J.A. van Els, Robert Evans, Johan J. Graafland, John Kitchen, David Longworth, Ruud F.M. Lubbers, Lisa M. Lynch, Edmond Malinvaud, Jaime Marquez, David G. Mayes, Jacques J. Polak, Weshah A. Razzak, Jarig van Sinderen, Ron Smith, Simon Wren-Lewis, Gerrit Zalm.

List of illustrations, viii -- Notes on contributors, ix -- Preface, xiv -- Acknowledgements, xvii -- Part I. The Tinbergen tradition, 1 -- 1. The relevance of economic modelling for policy decisions / G. Zalm, 3 -- 2. CPB models and employment policy in the Netherlands / J. H. M. Donders and J. Graafland, 10 -- 3. Models and macroeconomic policy in the Netherlands / P. A. G. Van Bergeijk and J. Van Sinderen, 26 -- 4. The IMF monetary model at 40 / J. J. Polak, 39 -- Part II. The variety of experience, 55 -- 5. Macroeconomic models and policy-making at the Bank of Canada / P. Duguay and D. Longworth, 57 -- 6. Policy-making and model development: the case of the Nederlandsche Bank's model MORKMON / P.J. A. Van Els, 76 -- 7. Transparency and accountability: empirical models and policymaking at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand / D. G. Mayes and W. A. Razzak, 93 -- Part III. Model products and model usage, III -- 8. Modeling the World Economic Outlook at the IMF: a historical review / J. M. Boughton, 113 -- 9. Policy design and evaluation: EU structural funds and cohesion in the European periphery / J. Bradley, 129 -- 10. Interaction between model builders and policy makers in the Norwegian tradition / O. Bjerkholt, 146 11. Conflicts between macroeconomic forecasting and policy analysis / S. Wren-Lewis, 169 -- Part IV. The interaction process and institutional arrangements, 185 -- 12. US monetary policy and econometric modeling: tales from the FOMC transcripts 1984-1991 / H. J. Edison and J. Marquez, 187 -- 13. Economic models and economic policy: what economic forecasters can do for government / R. J. Evans, 206 -- 14. The Troika process, economic models and macroeconomic policy in the USA / M. R. Donihue and J. Kitchen, 229 -- 15. Emergent policy-making with macroeconometric models / R. Smith , 244 -- Part V. Empirical models and policy-making, 257 -- 16. The relevance of economic modelling for policy-making: a panel discussion / edited by M. S. Morgan ; chairman: R. F. M. Lubbers ; members: L. M. Lynch; E. Malinvaud; F. J. H. Don, 259 -- 17. What makes the models-policy interaction successful? / F. A. G. Den Butter AND M. S. Morgan, 279 -- Index, 313.