There are several candidate explanations for macro-fluctuations. Two of the most common discussed sources are surprise changes in disembodied technology and monetary innovations. Another popular explanation is found under the heading of a preference or more generally a demand shock. More...

In diesem Werk wird das Grundmodell der Real-Business-Cycle-Theorie einer ausführlichen empirischen Evaluation mit westdeutschen Daten der Jahre 1975-1994 unterzogen. Die Evaluation erfolgt anhand einer umfassenden Analyse der Zeitbereichimplikationen eines geeigneten kalibrierten Modells, nach...

This book contains both a theoretical analysis of (supply) price stabilization on world agricultural markets and an econometric investigationof recent sugar market policies. The theoretical part explicitly considers the effects of protected domestic markets: It shows price stabilization to be...

The time series properties of German GDP have been re-examined in recent research. Extending the sample to include GDP data from 1950 onwards, some researchers argued in favor of a trend-stationary rather than difference stationary representation of real log GDP. I show that this conclusion is...

On several occasions, the 1980s witnessed non-Keynesian effects of fiscal contractions. Most notably, cuts in government spending in Ireland, Denmark and Germany are known to have coincided with increases in private consumption spending. Self-fulfilling expectations about the effects of...