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Consistency in the development and presentation of the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model in introductory economics is crucial. Logical consistency requires drawing on the underlying microeconomic fundamentals, especially for distinguishing between 'movements along' and 'shifts in' the...
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The empirical test of the output gap-based New Keynesian Phillips curve often has been implemented by estimating a hybrid specification that includes both lagged and future inflation and then by examining whether the estimated coefficient on future inflation is significantly larger than the one...
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Rao suggests that the Rowan demand curve does not exist but that result is obtained through treating the system as a simultaneous equation problem that will inevitably obtain the standard aggregate demand (AD) result. The Rowan procedure is a conditional function that makes planned AD...
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Keynes was adamant that the assumption of homogeneous output and capital in macroeconomic theory is inadmissable. His … Keynes's desire to demonstrate how his general monetary theory of value and output encompasses the special case of Classical … theory, including the marginal productivity theorem. The infamous second footnote on pages 55-6 of The General Theory can …
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Macro instruction in general, and the aggregate supply and demand model in particular, can be made more descriptive and more relevant by using a variety of variables in their rate of change forms. This shifts the discussion away from the levels of the price index, GDP and the money supply and...
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There has long been a discussion about the employment impact of minimum wages and this discussion has recently been renewed with the introduction of an economy-wide, binding minimum wage in Germany in 2015. In traditional reasoning, based on the allocational approach of modern labour market...
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COVID-19 constitutes a health crisis which has rapidly turned into a social and economic crisis. This paper briefl y explores some of the issues raised by the combination of a massive supply-side shock with a massive demand-side shock, and the interaction of these with the exponential dynamics...
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