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for the future (global savings glut). Low growth is linked to slowing population growth and a declining marginal … efficiency of investment as well as to declining fixed capital investment due to digitalization (secular stagnation). In contrast … stimulate growth. This paralyzed investment and growth in the long term. We show that the ability of banks to extend credit ex …
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We study the implications of product and labor market imperfections for equilibrium unemployment under both exogenous and endogenous capital intensity. With endogenous capital intensity, stronger labor market imperfections always increase equilibrium unemployment. The relationship between the...
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utility function whose arguments are consumption and investment. They desire to accumulate wealth for its own sake - this is …
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privatization effects on savings in Eastern Europe, with limited evidence of positive savings effects in Latin America. These …
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In this paper we test the well-known hypothesis of Obstfeld and Rogoff (2000) that trade costs are the key to explaining the so-called Feldstein-Horioka puzzle. Using a gravity framework in an intertemporal context, we provide strong support for the hypothesis and we reconcile our results with...
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This paper shows that increases in the minimum wage rate can have ambiguous effects on the working hours and welfare of employed workers in competitive labor markets. The reason is that employers may not comply with the minimum wage legislation and instead pay a lower subminimum wage rate. If...
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We introduce search and matching unemployment into a model of trade with differentiated goods and heterogeneous firms. Countries may differ with respect to size, geographical location, and labor market institutions. Contrary to the literature, our single-sector perspective pays special attention...
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