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monetary growth, there are no real effects unless preferences are non-separable in consumption of goods and real money balances … increases capital by less and crowds out consumption by more than a money-financed fiscal expansion. None of the above policies … finite lives. An increase in monetary growth is no longer superneutral in a money-capital economy, but leads to a reduction …
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, uncovered interest parity, imperfect substitution between home and foreign goods, and sluggish labor markets is then formulated. …
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dependingon whether one assumes purchasing power parity or imperfectsubstitution between home and foreign goods and on whether …
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This paper investigates the implications of budgetary policies for consumption and economic growth. We present a model … a rise in government debt, financed by lump-sum taxes, increases the share of private consumption to national income and … reduces the long-run growth rate. We also show that a rise in government consumption financed by lump-sum taxes reduces both …
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saving and a larger sensitivity of changes in consumption to income innovations. It is also shown that consumers with … min-max strategy against nature. When applied to a life cycle consumption problem, one finds a rationale for precautionary …
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than a lump-sum subsidy, both cutting public employment and cutting public spending on market goods induce an investment … market goods induces a lower interest rate, a higher wage, a lower capital stock and a fall in employment. Cutting public … boom. Making the tax system less progressive by cutting tax credits and the labour income tax rate induces an investment …
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An adverse supply shock hits a two-country Mundell-Fleming world and causes unemployment and a higher cost of living. The optimal fiscal policies under noncooperative and under international policy coordination are then contrasted under three alternative regimes: floating exchange rates with...
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After a brief review of classical, Keynesian, New Classical and New Keynesian theories of macroeconomic policy, we assess whether New Keynesian Economics captures the quintessential features stressed by JM Keynes. Particular attention is paid to Keynesian features omitted in New Keynesian...
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This paper analyses and compares the effects of common demand and supply shocks on the setting of optimal monetary policies under a clean float, a managed exchange rate system (such as the EMS) and a monetary union, when welfare depends on unemployment and the cost of living. The results suggest...
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It is shown that, when there is a genuine long-run trade-off between inflation and output, coordination under pre-commitment yields substantial improvements in economic welfare. The analysis is conducted within the context of a two-country model with capital accumulation, immobile labour,...
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