This paper analyzes a heterogeneous-agents endogenous-growth model incorporating both transaction costs and social capital. An individual can either become an active part of the society’s middle-class networks of trust and mutual cooperation, thus making a positive contribution to overall...

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...

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...