This paper discusses the dynamics of a standard (double Cobb-Douglas) labour market under the circumstance of changes in returns to labour. Despite the simplicity as well as the vast diffusion of this model, such an issue has so far escaped closer scrutiny by economic dynamics literature. This...

A simple dynamic IS-LM model with "balanced budget" and money financing deficit can show, in the presence of realistic tax collection lags, regular and chaotic cycles depending on the "mix" of fiscal policies. We argue that also rigid and transparent expenditure limits which an increasing number...

The relationship between wage inflation and unemployment has been extensively investigated since the early work of Phillips (1958) and Lipsey (1960), and is still a matter of debate. In this paper we study the dynamics of a standard neoclassical labour market under Walrasian adjustment rules. We...