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... political systems are a potential factor causing divergence. Low per capita income democracies have a tendency to short-term populism and persistent chronic inflation, while governments not so dependent on the popular vote can allow higher inflation and volatility. These differential responses, unde ...
... political systems are a potential factor causing divergence. Low per capita income democracies have a tendency to short-term populism and persistent chronic inflation, while governments not so dependent on the popular vote can allow higher inflation and volatility. These differential responses, unde ...
ECONOMICS
... price level fall in the short run. Over time, a change in expectations causes wages, prices, and perceptions to adjust, and the short-run aggregate supply curve shifts rightward. In the long run, the economy returns to the natural rates of output and unemployment, but with a lower price level. ...
... price level fall in the short run. Over time, a change in expectations causes wages, prices, and perceptions to adjust, and the short-run aggregate supply curve shifts rightward. In the long run, the economy returns to the natural rates of output and unemployment, but with a lower price level. ...
Chapter 21
... 1. Had made efforts to find employment during the previous four weeks, or 2. Were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off. ...
... 1. Had made efforts to find employment during the previous four weeks, or 2. Were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off. ...
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... The survey questionnaire focuses on qualitative information: on assessment of a country’s general economic situation and expectations regarding important economic indicators. It has proved to be a useful tool, since economic changes are revealed earlier than by traditional business statistics. The i ...
... The survey questionnaire focuses on qualitative information: on assessment of a country’s general economic situation and expectations regarding important economic indicators. It has proved to be a useful tool, since economic changes are revealed earlier than by traditional business statistics. The i ...
Chapter 16 - Central Web Server 2
... • When unemployment is low, firms compete for workers and bid up wages sharply. • When unemployment is high, it is more difficult for firms to cut wages because workers tend to resist wage cuts. Result: Even if the total unemployment rate in the country appears to be at the natural rate of unemploym ...
... • When unemployment is low, firms compete for workers and bid up wages sharply. • When unemployment is high, it is more difficult for firms to cut wages because workers tend to resist wage cuts. Result: Even if the total unemployment rate in the country appears to be at the natural rate of unemploym ...
AND BUSINESS FLUCTUATIONS Mark Gertler Working Paper No. 2015
... straightforward. With no stochastic auditing, all possible announcements by the insiders induce either the outcome "audit" or the outcome "no audit". The payment made in the no-auditing states must effectively be constant, since the insiders never have an incentive to announce a no-auditing state wh ...
... straightforward. With no stochastic auditing, all possible announcements by the insiders induce either the outcome "audit" or the outcome "no audit". The payment made in the no-auditing states must effectively be constant, since the insiders never have an incentive to announce a no-auditing state wh ...
CHALLENGING MERCANTILISM: THE IMPACT OF DAVID HUME ON THE EVOLUTION OF A
... with a passage from Hume, Friedman concludes that the short-run effect of a change in the money supply is primarily on output, but that the long-run effect is on the price level. It can be argued that Friedman’s conclusions quite clearly resemble Hume’s own pivotal notion that the inflationary effec ...
... with a passage from Hume, Friedman concludes that the short-run effect of a change in the money supply is primarily on output, but that the long-run effect is on the price level. It can be argued that Friedman’s conclusions quite clearly resemble Hume’s own pivotal notion that the inflationary effec ...
Modern Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy
... • Keynesians argued that the money supply did not matter much. • Monetarists challenged the Keynesian view during the1960s and 1970s. • Monetarists argued that changes in the money supply caused both inflation and economic instability. • While minor disagreements remain, the modern view emerged from ...
... • Keynesians argued that the money supply did not matter much. • Monetarists challenged the Keynesian view during the1960s and 1970s. • Monetarists argued that changes in the money supply caused both inflation and economic instability. • While minor disagreements remain, the modern view emerged from ...
Economics Subject Outline for teaching in 2017
... The study of Economics enables students to understand how an economy operates, the structure of economic systems, and the way in which economic systems function. Central to the study of Economics is the economic problem and the related concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost, and interdependence. Eco ...
... The study of Economics enables students to understand how an economy operates, the structure of economic systems, and the way in which economic systems function. Central to the study of Economics is the economic problem and the related concepts of scarcity, opportunity cost, and interdependence. Eco ...
Can Government Purchases Stimulate the Economy?
... capacity constraints during the world wars could dampen the multiplier. Numerous studies have followed Blanchard and Perotti (2002) by using Choleski decompositions to identify government spending shocks and by using assumptions on tax elasticities in a structural VAR (SVAR) to identify tax shocks. ...
... capacity constraints during the world wars could dampen the multiplier. Numerous studies have followed Blanchard and Perotti (2002) by using Choleski decompositions to identify government spending shocks and by using assumptions on tax elasticities in a structural VAR (SVAR) to identify tax shocks. ...
CH_14_13th
... • Keynesians argued that the money supply did not matter much. • Monetarists challenged the Keynesian view during the1960s and 1970s. • Monetarists argued that changes in the money supply caused both inflation and economic instability. • While minor disagreements remain, the modern view emerged from ...
... • Keynesians argued that the money supply did not matter much. • Monetarists challenged the Keynesian view during the1960s and 1970s. • Monetarists argued that changes in the money supply caused both inflation and economic instability. • While minor disagreements remain, the modern view emerged from ...
Chapter 11 Introduction Learning Objectives
... • Discuss the central assumptions of the classical model • Describe the short-run determination of equilibrium GDP and the price level in the classical model • Explain the circumstances under which the short-run aggregate supply curve may be either horizontal or upward sloping Copyright © 2008 Pears ...
... • Discuss the central assumptions of the classical model • Describe the short-run determination of equilibrium GDP and the price level in the classical model • Explain the circumstances under which the short-run aggregate supply curve may be either horizontal or upward sloping Copyright © 2008 Pears ...
PPT
... Potential GDP is the quantity of real GDP produced at full employment. Potential GDP corresponds to the capacity of the economy to produce output on a sustained basis. Real GDP minus potential GDP is the output gap. Over the business cycle, the output gap fluctuates and the unemployment rate fluctua ...
... Potential GDP is the quantity of real GDP produced at full employment. Potential GDP corresponds to the capacity of the economy to produce output on a sustained basis. Real GDP minus potential GDP is the output gap. Over the business cycle, the output gap fluctuates and the unemployment rate fluctua ...
Bloomberg Businessweek
... of U.S.-educated graduates nurtured under this partnership became known as the Berkeley Mafia, who advised Suharto during his years in power. The University of Indonesia's earliest instructors who became the Berkeley Mafia were influenced by Keynesian ideas popular in the U.S., said Kuncoro, the eco ...
... of U.S.-educated graduates nurtured under this partnership became known as the Berkeley Mafia, who advised Suharto during his years in power. The University of Indonesia's earliest instructors who became the Berkeley Mafia were influenced by Keynesian ideas popular in the U.S., said Kuncoro, the eco ...
Fiscal Policy in an Unemployment Crisis
... of countercyclical government spending. Critics questioned the transmission mechanisms typically invoked to support the effect of fiscal policy, expressing concerns over their theoretical and empirical foundations. This paper offers a new perspective on these issues by exploring a channel in which e ...
... of countercyclical government spending. Critics questioned the transmission mechanisms typically invoked to support the effect of fiscal policy, expressing concerns over their theoretical and empirical foundations. This paper offers a new perspective on these issues by exploring a channel in which e ...
DP2003/04 Monetary policy transmission mechanisms and currency unions:
... In this paper, we will not follow the approach of imposing binding long run restrictions in order to achieve identification of the shocks. We will use instead restrictions on the contemporaneous effects of shocks, within a VECM model. The cointegrating relationships in our model impose certain behav ...
... In this paper, we will not follow the approach of imposing binding long run restrictions in order to achieve identification of the shocks. We will use instead restrictions on the contemporaneous effects of shocks, within a VECM model. The cointegrating relationships in our model impose certain behav ...
CEPR responds to the IMF’s defense Mark Weisbrot
... The countries where this occurred are shown in Figure 16, page 25 of its Review. This list turns out to include eight of the 15 countries reviewed in the paper: Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Mongolia and Pakistan. Thus, when the Fund says that there are “Expande ...
... The countries where this occurred are shown in Figure 16, page 25 of its Review. This list turns out to include eight of the 15 countries reviewed in the paper: Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Mongolia and Pakistan. Thus, when the Fund says that there are “Expande ...
Paper - IIOA!
... during economic expansion and prosperity periods. Therefore, cyclical unemployment is classified as “suspended unemployment” where the workers are called back to work upon the end of recession, or are given similar jobs as those they had before. For this reason, we can argue that an increase in empl ...
... during economic expansion and prosperity periods. Therefore, cyclical unemployment is classified as “suspended unemployment” where the workers are called back to work upon the end of recession, or are given similar jobs as those they had before. For this reason, we can argue that an increase in empl ...
PDF Version - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
... stabilization policy can be useful. However, as I will ...
... stabilization policy can be useful. However, as I will ...
Paper - Department of Economics | Washington University in St. Louis
... In this section we describe the model, which closely follows the framework in Moll (forthcoming). The model’s attractive feature for our purposes is that it explicitly deals with heterogeneous agents that are subject to exogenous collateral constraints in a relatively tractable fashion. Tractability ...
... In this section we describe the model, which closely follows the framework in Moll (forthcoming). The model’s attractive feature for our purposes is that it explicitly deals with heterogeneous agents that are subject to exogenous collateral constraints in a relatively tractable fashion. Tractability ...
UK BUSINESS CONFIDENCE MONITOR Q1 2009 South West Summary Report
... Demand in the economy is contracting and firms are shedding jobs as a result. Claimantcount unemployment rose by 213,000 in Q4 2008. Through 2009 we anticipate the rise in unemployment will be severe; the claimant count could almost double to reach 2.1m by the end of 2009. The latest UK Business Con ...
... Demand in the economy is contracting and firms are shedding jobs as a result. Claimantcount unemployment rose by 213,000 in Q4 2008. Through 2009 we anticipate the rise in unemployment will be severe; the claimant count could almost double to reach 2.1m by the end of 2009. The latest UK Business Con ...