We utilize a simple overlapping generations model with a balanced budget rule to study the effect of distortionary taxation on cycles and local stability of equilibria. We show that under proportional taxation there is a critical tax rate above which cycles will vanish, while in the case of...

The authors incorporate a renewable resource into an overlapping generations model with standard, well behaved utility and constant returns to scale production functions. Besides being a factor of production the resource serves as a store of value. They characterize dynamics, efficiency and...