Two common properties of macroeconomic models are non-linearities and dynamics characterised by a non-zero number of unstable eigenvalues. Under these circumstances, a common approach is to make analysis more tractable by linearising the model in the neighbourhood of an appropriate steady-state....

These lecture notes have been prepared as a preliminary material for the first year graduate students attending the ocre macro course in the Finnish Postgraduate Programme in Economics. The notes should make it easier for students to acquaint themselves with the overlapping generations models in...

The paper defines a simple tatonnement process of adjustments in prices and quantities, where excess demand results in nominal price increases and excess supply results in quantity rationing of supply at unchanged prices. Under reasonable assumptions, the process converges to a...