: Paul J.J. Welfens
: Innovations in Macroeconomics
: Springer-Verlag
: 9783540794127
: 2
: CHF 88.80
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: Volkswirtschaft
: English
: 455
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: PDF

Modern macroeconomics suffers from an unclear link between short-term Keynesian analysis and long-term growth modelling. This book presents a new link between monetary analysis and growth modelling in open economies. Structural change, innovations and growth are considered from a new perspective. With respect to economic policy - in particular innovation policy - the analysis implies major changes, concerning both EU countries and other leading OECD economies.

Table of Contents11
A. Globalization, Specialization and Innovation Dynamics17
A.1 Introduction17
A.2 Approaches in Modern Macroeconomics19
A.3 Human Capital, Physical Capital and Innovations in Open Economies23
A.4 A Critique of the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson Approach27
A.5 Solving the Leontief Paradox?30
A.6 Variations on the Solow Model: Some New Insights for a Monetary Economy36
A.7 Technological Progress and the Long Run Price Level50
A.8 Foreign Direct Investment and Innovation82
A.9 Output Dynamics: Interaction of the Demand Side and the Supply Side97
A.10 Growth Accounting Under Unemployment and Okun’s Law99
A.11 Innovation, Trade and Foreign Investment102
A.12 Conclusions108
Appendix A.1: Aggregation in a Two-Sector Growth Model: A Modified Solow Approach with Cobb- Douglas Production Functions110
Appendix A.2: Two Sector Model (KHAN/BILGINSOY, 1994)114
Appendix A.3: Labor Markets with Tradables and Nontradables115
Appendix A.4: Product Innovations with Schumpeterian Intermediate Products: A Simple Formula118
Appendix A.5: Medium-term Output and Wage Policies in an Open Economy119
B. Savings, Investment and Growth: New Approaches for Macroeconomic Modelling124
B.1 Introduction124
B.2 A Medium-term Keynes-Solow Model126
B.3 Conclusions and Possible Extensions140
C. Economic Integration, Technological Progress and Growth143
C.1 Rich Countries vs. Poor Countries and Economic Integration143
C.2 Set-up of the Model146
C.3 Asymmetric Foreign Direct Investme