Introduction -- A Brief Survey of the Literature -- The Closed Economy: The Solow Model -- Overlapping Generations -- Infinite Horizon -- The Small Open Economy: The Solow Model -- Overlapping Generations -- Two Countries: The Solow Model -- Synopsis -- Conclusion -- Result

Das Buch befaßt sich mit theoretischen Untersuchungen zur deutschen Vereinigung. Zwei Fragen stehen dabei im Mittelpunkt: Welcher makroökonomische Anpassungsprozeß wird durch die deutsche Vereinigung ausgelöst? Und wie kann die Wirtschaftspolitik diesen Prozeß unterstützen? Neben der...

Das Buch befaßt sich mit dem Prozeß der deutschen Vereinigung. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die beiden großen Themen Kapitalbildung und Beschäftigung. Ausgehend vom gegenwärtigen Stand ist der Blick in die Zukunft gerichtet. Die Analyse stützt sich sowohl auf die neoklassische als auch auf die...

This book studies the interactions between monetary and fiscal policies in the Euro area. The policy makers are the union central bank, the German government, the French government and other governments. The policy targets are price stability in the union, full employment in Germany, full...

The analysis will be conducted within an IS-LM model augmen- ted by the dynamics of money wages, private capital and public debt. A macroeconomic shock induces an extended process of adjustment that is characterized by unemployment. This in turn requires a dynamic path of monetary and fiscal...

The connection of economic theory and behavior is one of the central topics of this book - and also a central issue in economic thinking of Horst Todt to whom this book is dedicated. The contributions deal with topics of normative and descriptive decision-making: They investigate, for instance,...

The focus of this book is on the dynamics of public dept. It proves useful to consider the Solow growth model, the overlapping generations model and the infinite horizon model. Sustainability refers to the existence and the stability of the long-run equilibrium. The government can follow either...

This book is concerned with the long-run effects of budgetary and financial policy on aggregate demand and supply. Here the long run is characterized by the accumulation of public debt and foreign assets. This gives rise to a number of questions. Will the long-run equilibrium be stable? What...

A comprehensive study of the international coordination of economic policy in a monetary union. It carefully discusses the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation. As to policy competition, the focus is on competition between the union central bank, the German...

This book studies the coexistence of inflation and unemployment in a monetary union. The focus is on how to reduce the associated loss. The primary target of the European central bank is low inflation in Europe. The primary target of the German government is low unemployment in Germany. And the...