We analyze the microfoundations for Keynesian aggregate demand effects by considering the link between aggregate demand and firm production decisions under monopolistic competition. Macroeconomic equilibrium is characterized in a simple graphical framework that facilitates comparison of several...

We study monetary policy in a reduced-form dynamic model with bounded rationality and an empirically motivated investment function. Investment has important dynamic effects in our model. In particular, the cost of capital effect on investment is more important for monetary transmission than the...

Hyman Minsky is renowned for his theoretical and empirical investigation of the capitalist economy. In this book, a distinguished group of contributors provides an authoritative account of his contribution to the analysis of capitalism and, more particularly, to the fields of monetary and post...