A Contribution to the Theory of Business Cycles

S-Tier
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Year: 1992
Volume: 107
Issue: 3
Pages: 1071-1088

Score contribution per author:

8.043 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

An economy consisting of identical perfectly competitive firms with real liquidity costs and a one-period production lag has a locally unstable stationary equilibrium with complex eigenvalues for a wide range of parameters. Monetary policy aimed at stabilizing real balances can support nonstationary equilibrium paths that converge to a limit cycle, which has Keynesian features. The First Welfare Theorem does not hold because the price level appears in the production function through liquidity costs, so that production has a positive externality.

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RePEc Handle
repec:oup:qjecon:v:107:y:1992:i:3:p:1071-1088.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25