We consider a two-sector two-good two-periods overlapping generations model with inelastic labor, consumption in both period of life and homothetic CES preferences. There are two consumption goods, one pure (non-durable) consumption and one consumable (durable) capital good which can be either...

We consider a two-sector two-good two-periods overlapping generations model with inelastic labor, consumption in both period of life and homothetic CES preferences. There are two consumption goods, one pure(non-durable)consumption and one consumable (durable) capital good which can be either...

This chapter analyzes the effect of international trade on the local stability properties of economies in a Heckscher-Ohlin free-trade equilibrium. We formulate a two-factor (capital and labor), two-good (consumption and investment), two-country overlapping generations model where countries only...

In this paper, we consider the determinacy of equilibrium prices, interest rate and income in an economy with liquidity constraints and capital accumulation. In particular, we show that, even though no extrinsic uncertainty affects fundamentals, under some conditions, rational expectations...

Dans cet article, nous rappelons les controverses sur la « solidarité » des banques centrales française et anglaise durant la période bimétallique, puis recherchons, dans l'histoire et chez les auteurs contemporains, des preuves que le bimétallisme a été très tôt un système régulé...

An increasing literature encourages the use of selective immigration policies as a tool to promote incentives to education. It is argued that, since not everybody is allowed to migrate, under these policies a poor country may well turn out with more human capital than in autarchy. The implicit...

The aim of this paper is to examine whether the development of waste recycling activities can be a source of economic fluctuations. We assume that the recycling sector has four fundamental characteristics. (i) The production factors are restricted by the production of the last period. (ii) These...