Business Cycles II: Theories
... the so called consumption smoothing (or permanent income hypothesis). This force implies that when Joe faces an increase in income (see figure 3) he also increases his consumption but he does so in a way that the increase in consumption is even across all future periods. This implies that currently ...
... the so called consumption smoothing (or permanent income hypothesis). This force implies that when Joe faces an increase in income (see figure 3) he also increases his consumption but he does so in a way that the increase in consumption is even across all future periods. This implies that currently ...
This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from... of Economic Research
... in Sweden today, much larger than every other (non-Scandinavian) rich country (see table 2.1j. By itself, there is nothing to suggest that the size of government expenditures per se affects either living standards or growth rates one way or another. What is important is that government expenditures ...
... in Sweden today, much larger than every other (non-Scandinavian) rich country (see table 2.1j. By itself, there is nothing to suggest that the size of government expenditures per se affects either living standards or growth rates one way or another. What is important is that government expenditures ...
Syllabus for Fall 2006
... 3. Explain what will happen to the price and the quantity in each of the following cases (as well as why this will happen): a. there is an increase in demand or a decrease in demand b. there is an increase in supply or a decrease in supply 4. Explain what will happen to the price and the quantity in ...
... 3. Explain what will happen to the price and the quantity in each of the following cases (as well as why this will happen): a. there is an increase in demand or a decrease in demand b. there is an increase in supply or a decrease in supply 4. Explain what will happen to the price and the quantity in ...
Justin Yifu Lin
... most firms in traditional planned economies are nonviable due to their governments’ adoption of a comparative advantage-defying development strategies. In Part III, I will explain why the policies designed according to the existing neoclassical economics not only cannot remedy the problems in both t ...
... most firms in traditional planned economies are nonviable due to their governments’ adoption of a comparative advantage-defying development strategies. In Part III, I will explain why the policies designed according to the existing neoclassical economics not only cannot remedy the problems in both t ...
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... inefficiently large as the median voter’s income level is below the mean income and the median voter therefore prefers to raise high income taxes and redistribute income to medium and low-income earners (Meltzer and Richard 1981). These models would be in line with the observation of large income lo ...
... inefficiently large as the median voter’s income level is below the mean income and the median voter therefore prefers to raise high income taxes and redistribute income to medium and low-income earners (Meltzer and Richard 1981). These models would be in line with the observation of large income lo ...
Learning Objectives
... 26. Monetary policy is the management of the money supply and interest rates. Learning Objective 12.6 Answer – True ...
... 26. Monetary policy is the management of the money supply and interest rates. Learning Objective 12.6 Answer – True ...
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... Require various factors of production to produce these goods and services. Households Include a set of individuals living in the same house Take joint decision about the consumption of goods and services. Provide services in terms of factor inputs to the firms Get paid for these services b ...
... Require various factors of production to produce these goods and services. Households Include a set of individuals living in the same house Take joint decision about the consumption of goods and services. Provide services in terms of factor inputs to the firms Get paid for these services b ...
IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM)
... with the surplus unit of any economy. The inability of the capital market to perform this role deprives the economy of much needed financial resources for investment and production of goods and services, (Ewah et al., 2009; Odili and Ezeudu, 2014). The capital market was therefore constituted or est ...
... with the surplus unit of any economy. The inability of the capital market to perform this role deprives the economy of much needed financial resources for investment and production of goods and services, (Ewah et al., 2009; Odili and Ezeudu, 2014). The capital market was therefore constituted or est ...
2014 Working paper on Cross
... Palich, 2008; Nystrom, 2008; Sobel, Clark, & Lee, 2007). Each of these studies relies on published indices for prediction, such as the Index of Economic Freedom (Heritage Foundation, 2009) or the Economic Freedom of the World Index (Gwartney & Lawson, 2003). Understandably, the use of these freedom ...
... Palich, 2008; Nystrom, 2008; Sobel, Clark, & Lee, 2007). Each of these studies relies on published indices for prediction, such as the Index of Economic Freedom (Heritage Foundation, 2009) or the Economic Freedom of the World Index (Gwartney & Lawson, 2003). Understandably, the use of these freedom ...
On National Fiscal Policy and Growth
... constant or increasing returns in the process of accumulating the factors of production; Lucas (1988), and Romer (1989). While exogenous technological change can be ruled out, such models can be viewed as equilibrium models of endogenous technological change in which long-run growth is primarily mot ...
... constant or increasing returns in the process of accumulating the factors of production; Lucas (1988), and Romer (1989). While exogenous technological change can be ruled out, such models can be viewed as equilibrium models of endogenous technological change in which long-run growth is primarily mot ...
IMF Structural Adjustment Programs: Concepts, Design, Critique
... – Consensus building: supports political and social stability by acceptance of policies and institutions ...
... – Consensus building: supports political and social stability by acceptance of policies and institutions ...
The Solow Model of Economic Growth
... Growth vs. Income • Poor (developing) countries (low capital/income ratio) are below their eventual steady state. Therefore, these countries should be growing rapidly • Wealthy (developed) countries (high capital/labor ratio) are at or above their eventual steady state. Therefore, these countries w ...
... Growth vs. Income • Poor (developing) countries (low capital/income ratio) are below their eventual steady state. Therefore, these countries should be growing rapidly • Wealthy (developed) countries (high capital/labor ratio) are at or above their eventual steady state. Therefore, these countries w ...
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... both a process and an outcome practiced and produced by socially-driven firms, governments, NGOs and social entrepreneurs. In both development and BoP entrepreneurship literatures there is a widely held assumption that the best means of development is to increase the rate of economic growth, which e ...
... both a process and an outcome practiced and produced by socially-driven firms, governments, NGOs and social entrepreneurs. In both development and BoP entrepreneurship literatures there is a widely held assumption that the best means of development is to increase the rate of economic growth, which e ...
paper
... apparent in‡ation-unemployment trade-o¤ for economic policy have not been very successful. The dynamic economy we consider is composed of overlapping-generations consumers, producers and a government who interact in a labor and a consumption goods market. Trades take place in each period even when p ...
... apparent in‡ation-unemployment trade-o¤ for economic policy have not been very successful. The dynamic economy we consider is composed of overlapping-generations consumers, producers and a government who interact in a labor and a consumption goods market. Trades take place in each period even when p ...
Why are we in a recession?
... In a closed economy, it is a simple accounting identity that the sum of domestic investment must equal domestic savings in each period. In a world of open economies, this identity (between sources and uses) must still hold, albeit at a global level. What changes in an open economy is that individual ...
... In a closed economy, it is a simple accounting identity that the sum of domestic investment must equal domestic savings in each period. In a world of open economies, this identity (between sources and uses) must still hold, albeit at a global level. What changes in an open economy is that individual ...
Chapter 4 The Social Market Economy
... transactions as analogous to voting. Every time you buy something, you are, in essence, “voting” for it to be produced. In the political process, each person has one vote. But in a market, some people have many more votes than others. Obviously, the goods and services they desire are the ones that a ...
... transactions as analogous to voting. Every time you buy something, you are, in essence, “voting” for it to be produced. In the political process, each person has one vote. But in a market, some people have many more votes than others. Obviously, the goods and services they desire are the ones that a ...
Long-Term Growth of the US Economy
... policy implications presented by each. For example, in the short run in an economy operating below potential output due to slack demand, monetary and fiscal policy can stimulate aggregate demand, accelerate economic growth and push an economy towards potential output. But these policies may have lit ...
... policy implications presented by each. For example, in the short run in an economy operating below potential output due to slack demand, monetary and fiscal policy can stimulate aggregate demand, accelerate economic growth and push an economy towards potential output. But these policies may have lit ...
E C conomic Statistics in ambodia
... ▪ Statistical Master Plan for Cambodia currently being implemented ▪ Statistical law protects confidentiality and independence of statistical information ▪ Centralized statistical system ○ Responsibilities are clearly defined for agencies involved in the production of the Core Set ○ Plans are curren ...
... ▪ Statistical Master Plan for Cambodia currently being implemented ▪ Statistical law protects confidentiality and independence of statistical information ▪ Centralized statistical system ○ Responsibilities are clearly defined for agencies involved in the production of the Core Set ○ Plans are curren ...
The Great Depression of 1946
... essentially correct. However, i t is generally accepted that the smooth economic conversion resulted from "pent up" demand for consumer goods offsetting the reduction in defense spending. In other words, the Keynesian prescription t h a t "demand creates its own supply" worked after World War 11. Af ...
... essentially correct. However, i t is generally accepted that the smooth economic conversion resulted from "pent up" demand for consumer goods offsetting the reduction in defense spending. In other words, the Keynesian prescription t h a t "demand creates its own supply" worked after World War 11. Af ...
state university - Высшая школа экономики
... understood the IS-LM model of aggregate demand in closed and open economies and been able to apply it to the analysis of the impact of fiscal and monetary policies; understood the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model and its applications to the determination of the price level and real income ...
... understood the IS-LM model of aggregate demand in closed and open economies and been able to apply it to the analysis of the impact of fiscal and monetary policies; understood the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model and its applications to the determination of the price level and real income ...
the conceptual roots of work effort in pre
... In relation to the above, there have been a number of models that provide some more microeconomic foundations of the efficiency wage theory and which made use of the idea of work effort. One of the most well known of these models is the shirking model. The basic tenet of this model is that the payme ...
... In relation to the above, there have been a number of models that provide some more microeconomic foundations of the efficiency wage theory and which made use of the idea of work effort. One of the most well known of these models is the shirking model. The basic tenet of this model is that the payme ...
Economic Freedom in the United States and Other Countries, ch. 3
... choice. Similarly, when governments tax some people in order to provide transfers to others, they reduce the freedom of individuals to keep what they earn. The third component (1C) in this area measures the extent to which countries use private investment and enterprises rather than government inves ...
... choice. Similarly, when governments tax some people in order to provide transfers to others, they reduce the freedom of individuals to keep what they earn. The third component (1C) in this area measures the extent to which countries use private investment and enterprises rather than government inves ...
OCR Spec - Institute of Economic Affairs
... disadvantages of EU membership and how these vary between member states • explain the role of the financial sector in developing and emerging economies in promoting economic development • evaluate the extent to which international financial markets have influenced flows of financial capital into ...
... disadvantages of EU membership and how these vary between member states • explain the role of the financial sector in developing and emerging economies in promoting economic development • evaluate the extent to which international financial markets have influenced flows of financial capital into ...
Money Hypothesis 2
... interests at a discount, allowing builders and buyers to exit with a voluntary loss. No one would ever lose any equity otherwise. Everyone would always be bought out, never foreclosed on. Partnership exchanges would help people relocate, swap or share homes. Full employment and technological displac ...
... interests at a discount, allowing builders and buyers to exit with a voluntary loss. No one would ever lose any equity otherwise. Everyone would always be bought out, never foreclosed on. Partnership exchanges would help people relocate, swap or share homes. Full employment and technological displac ...
The Exchange Economy, Money - Cowles Foundation
... This game provides a natural low information simultaneous bid model that can be extended to a representation of the sequential dynamic, double auction market utilized by many stockmarkets. As soon as information is released sequentially after every individual trade the information conditions quickly ...
... This game provides a natural low information simultaneous bid model that can be extended to a representation of the sequential dynamic, double auction market utilized by many stockmarkets. As soon as information is released sequentially after every individual trade the information conditions quickly ...