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J. Marcus Fleming, "Domestic Financial Policies under Fixed and under
Floating Exchange Rates," International Monetary Fund Staff Papers,
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*Milton Friedman, A Theory of The Consumption Function, Chapters I, II, and III,
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Owen Lamont, —Cash Flow and Investment: Evidence from Internal
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386-436.
*Maurice Obstfeld and Kenneth Rogoff, Foundations of
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VII. Nature of Unemployment and Other Theories of Unemployment
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Models and Real Walrasian Theories,“ pp. 303-309 and Chapter 9,
Sections 9.5-9.8, pp. 460-481.
Steven Davis and John Haltiwanger, "Gross Job Creation and Destruction:
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VIII. Economic Growth
A. The Solow Model
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B. Cross-Country Income Differences
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*Hall, Robert E. and Charles I. Jones. 1999. "Why Do Some Countries Produce So Much
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*Acemoglu, Daron, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson. 2001. "The Colonial
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Reexamination Based on Improved Settler Mortality Data" Unpublished paper,
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Economics, forthcoming.
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C. The Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans Model
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E. Endogenizing Growth
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Rebelo, Sergio. 1991. "Long-Run Policy Analysis and Long-Run Growth" Journal of
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*Lucas, Robert E. 1988. "On the Mechanics of Economic Development" Journal of
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IX. Real Business Cycle Theory
A. Business Cycles in the Neoclassical Growth Model
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Accounting" Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Working Paper No. 625.
X. Fiscal Policy and Budget Deficits
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*Auerbach, Alan J., William G. Gale, and Peter R. Orszag. 2004. "Sources of the
Long-Term Fiscal Gap." Tax Notes 103 (May 24): 1049-1059.
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Tabellini, Guido, and Alberto Alesina. 1990. "Voting on the Budget Deficit." American
Economic Review 80 (March): 37-49.
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Alesina, Alberto, and Allan Drazen. 1991. "Why Are Stabilizations Delayed?" American
Economic Review 81 (December): 1170-1188.
*Roubini, Nouriel, and Jeffrey D. Sachs. 1989. "Political and Economic Determinants of
Budget Deficits in the Industrial Democracies." European Economic Review 33 (May):
903-933.
Grilli, Vittorio, Donato Masciandaro, and Guido Tabellini. 1991. "Political and Monetary
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