This paper deals with the integration of Walras' law into Keynesian macroeconomics and the attempts at a consistent specification of period models (beginning- vs. end-of-period-equilibrium). Three examples are examined where neglect of a consistent specification led to erroneous results: (1) the...

In the vein of chapter 19 of Keynes's "General Theory" the following study investigates the dynamic properties of the traditional Keynesian model of the neoclassical synthesis. The dynamics (stability vs. instability, monotonic vs. oscillatory adjustment) is examined - in the absence of active...