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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... Equation ( 2.1 ) and Equation ( 2.2 ) hold , Equation ( 2.3 ) also holds . We also need to show that the equivalence works in the other direction . And , finally , we need to show how we find , for any pair of consumptions that fulfill ...
... Equation ( 6.6 ) says that S , ( r ( t ) ) = p ( t ) A . ( 6.6 ) Note that both r ( t ) and p ( t ) appear in this equation . We have one equa- tion in two unknowns , but we need at least two equations to solve for the two unknowns . As ...
... equation has two unknowns , p ( 1 ) and p ( 2 ) . We may be able to solve the equation to give us one of the prices as a function of the other . However , we still do not know what that other price is . We can gain another equation by ...
Contents
Describing the Environment | 5 |
Competitive Equilibrium | 32 |
Introducing a Government | 55 |
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