Acknowledgments
Preface to the fourth edition

Part Ⅰ. Imperialism of recursive methods
1. Overview

Part Ⅱ. Tools
2.Time series
3.Dynamic programming
4.Practical dynamic programming
5.Linear quadratic dynamic programming
6.Search and unemployment

Part Ⅲ. Competitive equilibria and applications
7.Recursive competitive equilibrium: I
8.Equilibrium with complete markets
9.Overlapping generations
10.Ricardian equivalence
11.Fiscal policies in a growth model
12.Recursive competitive equilibrium: II
13.Asset pricing theory
14.Asset pricing empirics
15.Economic growth
16.Optimal taxation with commitment

Part Ⅳ. The savings problem and bewley models
17.Self-insurance
18.Incomplete markets models

Part Ⅴ. Recursive contracts
19.Dynamic stackelberg problems
20.Two ramsey problems revisited
21.Incentives and insurance
22.Equilibrium without commitment
23.Optimal unemployment insurance
24.Credible government policies: I
25.Credible government policies: II
26.Two topics in international trade

Part Ⅵ. Classical monetary and labor economics
27.Fiscal-monetary theories of inflation
28.Credit and currency
29.Equilibrium search, matching, and lotteries
30.Matching models mechanics
31.Foundations of aggregate labor supply

Part Ⅶ. Technical appendices
A. Functional analysis
B. Linear projections and hidden markov models

References
Subject index
Author index
Matlab index.