Considering a finance constrained economy, we discuss the stabilization role of variable labour and capital income taxes under a balanced-budget rule in the presence of consumption externalities of the keeping up with the Joneses type. We find that sufficiently procyclical labor and/or capital...

We study the effects of fiscal policy rules on the determinacy of rational expectations equilibrium in a perfectly competitive monetary model with constant returns. Government spending implies a distortion of the monetary steady state due to the implied taxation. We show that policy rules that...

We study the effects of stylized fiscal policy rules on the (global) determinacy of rational expectations equilibrium in perfectly competitive monetary model with constant returns to scale and labor as the unique input. Government spending on transfers and/or demand implies a distortion of the...

In the second part of the 80s, Japan was under political pressure to expand aggregate demand. It followed suit in increasing its money supply. This caused severe inflation and the financial bubble which collapsed in 1990 resulting in capital losses and in a sizable loss of GDP. This paper draws...

Theoretische und empirische Hinweise deuten darauf hin, dass die Umsetzung eines keynesianischen Wirtschaftskonzepts Wachstum und Beschäftigung über eine Koordinierung der Geld-, Lohn- und Fiskalpolitik nennenswert steigern kann. Mit dem vorliegenden Text wird geprüft, inwieweit das...

Kann die Institutionalisierung eines Makroökonomischen Dialogs im Anschluss an den Kölner Gipfel 1999 als Ausdruck einer keynesianischen Orientierung gewertet werden? Haben sich die damit verknüpften Hoffnungen auf eine bessere Abstimmung von Geld-, Lohn- und Fiskalpolitik nach fünf Jahren...

This paper traces the euro zone's inadequate macroeconomic performance in recent years back to the predominance of a restrictive macroeconomic policy mix based on a 'new monetarist' approach to economic policy. An approach based on a (post-)Keynesian analysis is presented as a growth and...