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) bubbles can arise. From a normative point of view, monetary policies that are not too expansive, are recommended in order to …
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This paper provides a theoretical explanation for why the presence of asset bubbles can lead to higher economic growth … firms also enter into the market. Due to an absence of intergenerational altruism, asset bubbles can exist as pyramid … schemes whose value is not backed by fundamental value. The presence of asset bubbles then leads to higher interest rates …
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) bubbles can arise. From a normative point of view, monetary policies that are not too expansive, are recommended in order to …
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asset prices. For a simple distribution, we prove that bubbles may exist, and derive conditions for ruling them out. …
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We analyze the impact of micro-founded political institutions on economic growth in an overlapping-generations economy, where individuals differ in preferences over a public good (as well as in age). Labour and capital taxes finance the public good and a public input. The benchmark institution...
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The theoretical determinants of maximum sustainable government debt are investigated using Diamond's overlapping-generations model. A level of debt is defined to be 'sustainable' if a steady state with non-degenerate values of economic variables exists. We show that a maximum sustainable level...
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We explore a small open economy with overlapping generations to show that demographic structure is an important factor for the determination of a production pattern in the dynamic trade theory. In the representative agent model, Baxter (1992) shows that even if there are two commodities and two...
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We analyze an overlapping generations model of voting over ``reform projects''. These resemble investments in that they first require some investment expenditure and later bring a payoff; consequently, older people are more conservative (against reforms) than younger ones. We show that if people...
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This paper examines the equilibrium relation, within the non-specialized area, between the current account and the terms-of-trade in a two-country/sector growth model. Along a convergent eqirilibrium path, this relation can have any sign depending on the trading sectors' relative factor...
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