There has been a revival of interest in the effect of risk on economic growth. We quantify both ex ante and ex post … remarkable long-running panel data set for rural households in Zimbabwe. We find that risk substantially reduces growth: in the …, the first micro-based estimate of the effect of shocks on growth. About two-thirds of the impact of risk is due to the ex …

Inside Debt and Economic Growth: A Cambridge - Kaleckian Analysis Abstract Inside debt is a fundamental feature of … capitalist economies. This paper examines the growth effects of consumer and corporate debt using a Cambridge - Kaleckian growth … framework. According to the Cambridge - Kaleckian model inside debt has an ambiguous effect on growth. This is counter to the …

in a simple growth model by highlighting real option effects. We endogenize the drift rate of real option by connecting … sector and show the different implications of idiosyncratic and aggregate uncertainty on growth dynamics. …

We study the effect of endogenous time preference in a simple neo-classical model of growth. The variation of time … properties of these steady states are analyzed. The results are interpreted in light of the growth experiences of developing …

Does a country's level of unemployment have an impact on the long-run growth rate? Incorporating unemployment into a … generalised augmented Solow-type growth model, yields some answers to this question. In particular, we show that the impact of … unemployment on productivity growth heavily depends on the influence of human capital in the production function. In the …

Does a country's level of unemployment have an impact on the long-run growth rate? Incorporating unemployment into a … generalised Solow-type growth model yields some answers. In the traditional Solow model, unemployment has no long-run influence on … the growth rate and the level of productivity. The long-run level of productivity is reduced if higher unemployment leads …

This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … of trade (exports) on growth. The findings are that in general trade openness advances growth while inequality reduces … growth. However, when we identify an inequality threshold, we find that inequality is positively associated with growth if …

A feature of Kaleckian models of distribution and growth that is often overlooked is that they describe a nonlinear … relation between functional income distribution and demand and growth, because the size of the multiplier is affected by …