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We develop a three-country, stock-fl ow consistent macroeconomic model to study the e ffects of changes in both personal and functional income distribution on national current account balances. Each country has a household sector and a non-household (corporate) sector. The household sector is...
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We develop a three-country, stock-flow consistent macroeconomic model to study the effects of changes in both personal and functional income distribution on national current account balances. Each country has a household sector and a non-household (corporate) sector. The household sector is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010460552
Der Artikel diskutiert den Zusammenhang von zunehmender Einkommensungleichheit, Finanzialisierung und makroökonomischen Ungleichgewichten im Vorfeld der weltweiten Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise ab 2007. Neben den Fallbeispielen USA und Deutschland werden Ergebnisse aus modellgestützten...
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There is a growing literature comparing the current financial crisis or Great Recession to the worst economic crisis of capitalism, the Great Depression. However, the role of rising income inequality, which has risen dramatically before both crises, is rarely discussed. In this paper we discuss...
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This paper discusses the rise of top-end inequality and its effects on household consumption, saving, and debt in the United States during the 1920s by applying a non-standard theory of consumption, the relative income hypothesis, to the period of interest. Analysing the relevant data...
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There is a large body of literature analyzing the onset of the Great Depression or the factors influencing economic recovery in the 1930s, especially the New Deal. The role of income inequality before and during the Great Depression, however, has almost never been discussed thoroughly. This...
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Germany entered the euro with a current account deficit but over the entire past decade has run large and persistent current account surpluses. Besides joining the common currency, the increase of Germany's current account since the late 1990s has been accompanied by strong shifts in the...
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Das Wachstum der Weltwirtschaft fiel in den ersten Monaten 2015 nur verhalten aus. Im Prognosezeitraum wird die Weltkonjunktur wieder an Tempo gewinnen. So wird in den USA die konjunkturelle Dynamik spürbar zunehmen. Auch in den meisten Schwellenländern wird die Konjunktur wieder an Fahrt...
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Das globale Wirtschaftswachstum wird in diesem Jahr ähnlich stark ausfallen wie im vergangenen Jahr und im kommenden Jahr an Tempo gewinnen. In den USA wird die konjunkturelle Dynamik spürbar beschleunigen. Auch in den meisten Schwellenländern gewinnt die Konjunktur wieder an Fahrt. Im...
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Die Weltwirtschaft befindet sich auf einem verhaltenen Wachstumskurs. Während sich in den USA die konjunkturelle Dynamik spürbar beschleunigt, kommt es in den meisten Schwellenländern zu einer Abschwächung des Wachstums. Im Euroraum dürfte sich, bei merklich verlangsamter...
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