Introductory Lecture -- Housing in DSGE Models: Findings and New Directions -- Housing and the Business Cycles -- Housing and the Macroeconomy: The Italian Case -- Cyclical Relationships Between GDP and Housing Market in France: Facts and Factors at Play -- Does Housing Really Lead the Business...

Einleitung -- Wichtige makroökonomische Kennzahlen -- Der Modellrahmen -- Makroökonomische Konjunkturtheorien -- Die US-Wirtschaft bei Trumps Amtsantritt -- Die Auswirkungen von Trumps Vorhaben -- Fazit.

This book presents a new computational approach to solving large-scale Auerbach-Kotlikoff Overlapping Generations (OLG) models in a complementarity format. Unlike with integrated solution methods, the proposed decomposition algorithm allows for the solution of multi-regional and multi-sectoral...

Leading experts analyze the impact of the rapid growth of offshore outsourcing in manufacturing and IT. For some it promises more rapid economic growth and for some developing countries it is an opportunity to leapfrog, while others are sidelined but it also means labour and governments may lose...

This volume deals with both a new theoretical framework and the capability of new economics to tackle a number of economic problems.It offers detailed analysis and informed comment on the type of new economics emerging in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the 'great recession'

This book discusses the latest developments in the China Pilot Free- Trade Zone strategy. It puts forward and explains the idea that building the Shanghai Pilot Free-Trade Zone (SFTZ) is a national test, as it is a major strategic decision to help China cope with the new situation resulting from...

Entrepreneurial ecosystems involve a complex synergy of factors, including social and structural changes that are frequently cumulative within territories, promoting the improvement of citizens’ quality of life and higher development levels. Further, dynamic territories are characterized by...

This unconventional book addresses the imbalance of power between countries that give and receive funds for international financial development, with particular attention to the outcomes and impacts of this imbalance on recipient countries. It provides an in-depth analysis of the perceptions...

This book contributes to the debate on the decoupling of emerging economies from the advanced economies with a new, empirical investigation approach. Taking counterfactual experiments performed using a time-varying panel VAR model, the author argues that over the last thirty years, emerging...