Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/105755 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2005-12
Publisher: 
University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics, Amherst, MA
Abstract: 
The KMG growth dynamics in Chiarella and Flaschel (2000) assume that wages, prices and quantities adjust sluggishly to disequilibria in labor and goods markets. This paper modifies the KMG model by introducing Steindlian features of capital accumulation and income distribution. The resulting KMGS(teindl) model replaces the neoclassical medium- and long-run features of the originalKMG model by a Steindlian approach to capital accumulation, as developed in a paper by Flaschel and Skott (2005). The model is of dimension 4 or 5, depending on the specification of the labor supply. We prove stability assertions and show that loss of stability always occurs by way of Hopf-bifurcations. When global stability gets lost, a nonlinear form of the Steindlian reserve army mechanism can ensure bounded dynamics. These dynamics are studied numerically and shown to exhibit long phases of prosperity, but also long phases of stagnant growth. JEL Categories: E24, E31, E32.
Subjects: 
KMGS dynamics
accelerating growth
stagnant growth
normal / adverse income shares adjustment
reserve army mechanisms
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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