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Structuralist and post Keynesian models differ in their assumptions about firms' investment behavior and pricing … these models for the steady growth path and the cyclical properties of the economy, and evaluate the consistency of the … variables are consistent with the Kaldorian model. The Kaleckian investment function and the Robinsonian pricing behavior find …
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appealing but more complex Harrodian specifications are preferable from a behavioral perspective. The local instability of …
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The specification of the accumulation function is critical for the properties and implications of structuralist and post-Keynesian models. A large Kaleckian literature assumes that investment is relatively insensitive to variations in the utilization rate of capital, and this extension of a...
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We provide two ways to reconcile small values of the intertemporal elasticity of substitution (IES) that range between 0.35 and 0.5 with empirical evidence that the IES is large. We do this reconciliation using a model in which all agents have identical preferences and the same access to asset...
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In recent years, the role attached to the autonomous components of aggregate demand has attracted rising attention, as testified by the development of the Sraffian Supermulti plier model (SSM) and the attempts to include autonomous demand in the Neo-Kaleckian model. This paper reviews and...
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In a Kaleckian distribution and growth model with workers' debt we examine the short- and long-run effects of three …
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This paper (i) examines the role of income distribution in the determination of the average saving rate and the growth … between warranted and natural growth rates in mature economies can happen through feedback effects from employment to the …
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Growth in low-income developing economies with large sectors charac- terized by underemployment is unlikely to be wage … boost long-run growth. Some of the fast growing Asian economies may have been examples of wage-led growth in this rather … faster wage and output growth across the economy. …
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Evidence regarding the relationship between distribution, demand, and growth in the short run has been mixed. Open … economy models that create the possibility of "beggar-thy-neighbor" growth offer one theoretical explanation for why this may … be expected. Several authors have argued recently, however, that even if demand and growth are profit-led in many …
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This paper presents a classical-Keynesian one sector model of labor-constrained growth that explains secular stagnation … stagnant activities, which exhibit no or low labor productivity growth. We discuss two models: (i) a classical distributive … state variable. Both versions consider labor productivity growth as endogenous to the labor share, reminiscent of induced …
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