Introduction to Dynamic Macroeconomic Theory: An Overlapping Generations ApproachEconomies are constantly in flux, and economists have long sought reliable means of analyzing their dynamic properties. This book provides a succinct and accessible exposition of modern dynamic (or intertemporal) macroeconomics. The authors use a microeconomics-based general equilibrium framework, specifically the overlapping generations model, which assumes that in every period there are two generations which overlap. This model allows the authors to fully describe economies over time and to employ traditional welfare analysis to judge the effects of various policies. By choosing to keep the mathematical level simple and to use the same modeling framework throughout, the authors are able to address many subtle economic issues. They analyze savings, social security systems, the determination of interest rates and asset prices for different types of assets, Ricardian equivalence, business cycles, chaos theory, investment, growth, and a variety of monetary phenomena. Introduction to Dynamic Macroeconomic Theory will become a classic of economic exposition and a standard teaching and reference tool for intertemporal macroeconomics and the overlapping generations model. The writing is exceptionally clear. Each result is illustrated with analytical derivations, graphically, and by worked out examples. Exercises, which are strategically placed, are an integral part of the book. |
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... A k - period bond is one that is issued in period t and will be paid off at 1 unit of good per bond in period t + k . For example , the government might wish to issue enough bonds today ( time period ... Term Government Bonds k-Period Bonds.
... bonds are held for one period ( to time t + 1 ) , then we refer to them as the k 1 - period bonds of period t + 1 ... a zero coupon bond because the issuer — in our case , the government — promises to make a payment only at matu- rity ...
... a perfect fore- sight competitive equilibrium for an economy with long - term govern- ment bonds . To do this we use our earlier definition of a temporary equilibrium but make each generation's expectations of the future price of the bonds ...
Contents
Describing the Environment | 5 |
Competitive Equilibrium | 32 |
Introducing a Government | 55 |
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