Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/277315 
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Year of Publication: 
2015
Citation: 
[Journal:] European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention (EJEEP) [ISSN:] 2052-7772 [Volume:] 12 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 7-19
Publisher: 
Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham
Abstract: 
This note reconsiders a recent proposal by A. Shaikh to tame Harrodian instability (Metroeconomica 2009), where besides the utilization gap investment depends on the expected growth of demand. His stability result has, however, been criticized as not credible. The crucial point is that Shaikh's continuous-time treatment does not distinguish between forward and backward derivatives. In order to check whether or not this poses a problem, several slight modifications of the model in continuous and discrete time are formulated and investigated for their stability. Roughly speaking, it is found that unless one assumes (myopic) perfect foresight, the destabilizing Harrodian mechanism continues to be effective.
Subjects: 
Hicks–Harrod adjustment principle
continuous-time versus discrete-time modelling
backward-looking versus forward-looking expectations
JEL: 
C02
D84
E12
E30
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