We present a two-country New Open Economy Macroeconomics model of a currency union featuring an overlapping generations structure of the Blanchard (1985)-Yaari (1965) type as well as monopolistic frictions and staggered adjustment in the goods and labor market. We allow for public investment and...

Staatsverschuldung ist eines der zentralen finanzpolitischen Themen der Gegenwart. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die im Rahmen der «Neuen Wachstumstheorie» vollzogenen modellkonzeptionellen Entwicklungen für die finanztheoretische Analyse dieses Themas fruchtbar zu machen. Dazu wird die...

This paper analyzes the growth and employment effects of dynamic fiscal policies in an overlapping generations model with endogenous growth and imperfect labour markets. With balanced-budget policies, the modelled closed economy grows at a constant rate which is the higher, the lower are the...

Today, the most pressing challenges for public economics are of macroeconomic nature: pensions, debt, income distribution, and fiscal sustainability. All these problems are compounded by the phenomenon of demographic transition and aging. This graduate textbook addresses these issues with the...