History, expectations, and public policy: economic development in Eastern Germany:

Motivated by the process of economic development in Eastern Germany since the German reunification we set up a dynamic macroeconomic model of a small open economy where both capital and labor are mobile and there are increasing returns to scale at the aggregate level. The model features multiple equ...

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Main Authors: Schäfer, Andreas 1970- (Author), Steger, Thomas M. 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Munich CESifo 2010
Series:CESifo working papers 3184 : Category 6, Fiscal policy, macroeconomics and growth
Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Motivated by the process of economic development in Eastern Germany since the German reunification we set up a dynamic macroeconomic model of a small open economy where both capital and labor are mobile and there are increasing returns to scale at the aggregate level. The model features multiple equilibria as well as (local and global) indeterminacy. Expectations matter for resulting equilibrium dynamics, implying that economic confidence may be crucial for the process of economic development. Despite its simplicity, the model can replicate major empirical facts and bears a number of non-trivial implications
Item Description:Literaturangaben. - Zusätzliches Online-Angebot unter www.SSRN.com, www.RePEc.org und www.CESifo-group.org/wp
Physical Description:34 S. graph. Darst. 21 cm

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