Original articles by leading scholars of post Keynesian economics make up this authoritative collection. Current topics of the greatest interest are covered, such as: perspectives on current economic policy; post Keynesian approaches to monetary theory and policy; economic development, growth...

This paper argues that institutionally rich stock-flow consistent models—that is, models in which economic agents are identified with the main social categories/institutional sectors of actual capitalist economies, the short period behavior of these agents is thoroughly described, and the...

This paper aims at interpreting some of the many simplifying assumptions adopted by Keynes to explain, in the iGeneral Theory/i, liquidity preference, interest rate, portfolio decisions, and volume of investment. It is suggested that Keynes emphasized a ipartial and particular/i model that...

Many heterodox strands of thought share both a concern with the study of different phases or growth regimes in the history of capitalism and the use of formal short-run models as an analytical tool. This text suggests that (1) this strategy is potentially misleading; (2) that the stock-flow...

This work argues that institutionally rich stock-flow consistent models--i.e. models in which economic agents are identified with the main social categories/institutional sectors of actual capitalist economies, the short-period behaviour of these agents is thoroughly described, and the 'period...

This article presents a simplified methodology for estimating quarterly figures for the Brazilian aggregate gross tax rate, details the practical problems one has to tackle when trying to implement it (as of December, 2006) and, finally, presents (and briefly discusses) the estimates one obtains...

Este artigo apresenta várias especificações econométricas - notadamente modelos Markov-Switching - para a "função de reação fiscal" do setor público consolidado brasileiro após o Plano Real. Os resultados obtidos sugerem fortemente que a política fiscal no Brasil apresentou dois...