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This paper argues that in the presence of intersectoral input-output linkages, microeconomic idiosyncratic shocks may lead to aggregate fluctuations. In particular, it shows that, as the economy becomes more disaggregated, the rate at which aggregate volatility decays is determined by the...
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trade leads to a stable world income distribution. This is because specialization and trade introduce de facto diminishing … perspective time-series behavior of the world economy is similar to that of existing endogenous growth models, with the world … country level, the cross-sectional behavior of the world economy is similar to that of existing exogenous growth models: cross …
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Medical and public health innovations in the 1940s quickly resulted in significant health improvements around the world …
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In this essay I review the new book by Torsten Persson and Guido Tabellini, The Economic Effects of Constitutions, which investigates the policy and economic consequences of different forms of government and electoral rules. I also take advantage of this opportunity to discuss the advantages and...
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This paper offers a theory of development that links the degree of market incompleteness to capital accumulation and …
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