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Kaleckian model of growth and distribution. We provide an exposition of the underlying theory of wage- and profit-led growth. We …—a redefinition of the concept of wage- and profit-led economy is necessary. We estimate the demand and distribution schedule for the …This paper examines the relationship between the distribution of income and capacity utilization in the context of the …
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This paper presents a discussion of the forces at play behind the economic fluctuations in the medium run and their relation with the short-run macroeconomic equilibrium. The business cycle is the result of two separate phenomena. On the one hand, there is the instability caused by the...
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This paper presents a discussion of the forces at play behind the economic fluctuations in the medium run and their relation with the short-run macroeconomic equilibrium. The business cycle is the result of two separate phenomena. On the one hand, there is the instability caused by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318639
The present paper emphasizes the role of demand, income distribution, endogenous productivity reactions, and other …
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This paper discusses some issues related to the triangle between capital accumulation, distribution, and capacity … utilization. First, it explains why utilization is a crucial variable for the various theories of growth and distribution … determined distribution (along classical lines). Second, it responds to some recent criticism by Girardi and Pariboni (2019). I …
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The paper makes three contributions. First, following up on Nikiforos (2016), it provides an in-depth examination of the Federal Reserve measure of capacity utilization and shows that it is closer to a cyclical indicator than a measure of long run variations of normal utilization. Other...
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The paper provides an empirical discussion of the national emergency utilization rate (NEUR), which is based on a "national emergency" definition of potential output and is published by the US Census Bureau. Over the peak-to-peak period 1989-2019, the NEUR decreased by 14.2 percent. The paper...
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This paper estimates the distribution-led regime of the US economy for the period 1947-2019. We use a time varying … become less profit-led since; it is slightly wage-led over the last fifteen years. …
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economists and policy makers have given to it names such as "profit-led inflation" or "sellers' inflation." The present paper … discusses the extent to which profit-led inflation, as an explanation for the recent surge in inflation, is compatible with what … we know about the price-setting behavior of firms, income distribution, and inflation. We do that in juxtaposition to two …
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and output (as the wage earners' propensity to consume is higher than that of profit earners and rentiers). An endogenous …
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