This paper examines the effects of expenditure-based fiscal consolidation when credibility as to whether the cuts will be long-lasting is imperfect. We contrast the impact limited credibility has when the consolidating country has the means to tailor monetary policy to its own needs, with the...

To combat COVID-19 the entire world has resorted to global lockdown implying restriction on international labor migration and trade. This paper aims to check the effect of such restrictions on the unemployment of unskilled labor in the source country. In competitive general equilibrium framework...

Diese Arbeit will einen Beitrag zur Klärung des Befriffes Globalisierung leisten. Im Rahmen eines einfachen Modells werden zwei relevante Globalisierungsszenarien analysiert, wobei besonderes Augenmerk auf eine klare Trennung zwischen den Effizienz- und den Verteilungswirkungen gelegt wird. Wir...

Resource prices rise when more costly sources need to be exploited. When the world price increases, owners of low-cost sources receive scarcity rents. The magnitude of the rents depends on the range of resource qualities being simultaneously exploited and can represent a substantial transfer of...