El trabajo utiliza un modelo DSGE de ciclos reales con dos sectores productivos, uno transabley uno no transable, para realizar una descomposición histórica de choques del tipo de cambio realen Colombia en el período comprendido entre los años 2000 y 2009. Dicha descomposición estimael...

The paper develops a model of inflationary finance that defines the fiscal deficit as a function of the virtual deficit--one that would be observed at zero inflation. It studies the negative relationship between the inflation rate and real government expenditures--the Patinkin effect--a powerful...

This paper explores the concept of financialization using a «stages of development» approach. The paper develops a stylized history of financialization and tracks its evolution through different stages since the end of World War II. The paper tracks this history using a simple Kaleckian...

This paper explores the concept of financialization using a «stages of development» approach. The paper develops a stylized history of financialization and tracks its evolution through different stages since the end of World War II. The paper tracks this history using a simple Kaleckian...

Three shocks, distinguished by whether their effects are permanent or transitory, are identified to characterize the post-war dynamics of aggregate consumer spending, labor earnings, and household wealth. The first shock accounts for virtually all of the variation in consumption; we argue that...

Complementing previous, often ignored criticism of the AD-AS model - to the effect that this widely-used construction is inherently inconsistent - this note argues that a (rare) defence of the model by Peter Kennedy fails to convince and that the model does indeed, as alleged, give rise to...

While acknowledging that the AD-AS model is sometimes applied carelessly, this note defends this analytical framework against charges that it is internally inconsistent, empirically unrealistic, and unable to clarify major controversies in macroeconomic theory and policy.

Academic macroeconomics and the research department of central banks have come to be dominated by Dynamic, Stochastic, General Equilibrium (DSGE) models based on micro-foundations of optimising representative agents with rational expectations. We argue that the dominance of this particular sort...

Schumpeter had a clear vision of the developing economy, but he did not formalize it. The quest for a germane formal basis is in the following guided by the general question: what is the minimum set of foundational propositions for a consistent reconstruction of the evolving money economy? We...

This paper introduces lumpy micro-level investment into a sticky information general equilibrium model. Lumpy investment arises because of inattentiveness in capital investment decisions instead of the more popular assumption of non-convex adjustment costs. Sticky information is the only source...