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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... paths like the one illustrated in Table 3.2 bubbles . A bubble is an unsustainable price path for an asset . These economists believe that these paths might exist for a while , but the basic unsustainable nature of them means that ...
... path is an equilibrium price path with a two - period cycle oscillating between .27 = and .93 . Figure 7.9c shows g3 ( ) for economy 5 with d ( t ) = .05 . This curve has three segments , and the points between these segments represent ...
... paths that it can follow , economy 5 with a crop of .05 is very similar to the same economy with no crop . The major change that came about by the addition of a small crop is that a lot of potential price paths are no longer possible ...
Contents
Describing the Environment | 5 |
Competitive Equilibrium | 32 |
Introducing a Government | 55 |
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