Peter Stalder

Regime Transitions, Spillovers and Buffer Stocks

Analysing the Swiss Economy by Means of a Disequilibrium Model

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Produktbeschreibung

The macro disequilibrium model for Switzerland presented in this study grew out of a research project which was generously financed by Swiss Natio nal Science Foundation. I am indebted to Prof. Hans Wtirgler and Prof. Heidi Schelbert for encouraging and supporting this work in many ways. The present book is the revised version of a paper that was accepted as a "Habilitations schrift" by the University of ZUrich. Part of the research leading to this book was done during a stay at Princeton University, where I benefited from a stimulating environment, the gratuitous use of facilities and the helpful advise of Richard E. Quandt. Earlier disequilibrium studies for Switzerland were discussed in various seminars (Princeton, Universite de Montreal, C.O.R.E., 1988 Conference on European Unemployment in Chelwood Gate, 2nd Conference on Disequilibrium Econometrics at INSEE, 1989 European Spring Meeting on Macroeconomics in Paris) and published in the 'European Economic Review' and 'Recherches Eco nomiques de Louvain'. Numerous people - including A.S. Blinder, L. Salvas Bronsard, J.H. Dreze, S.M. Goldfeld, C. Gourieroux, P. Kooiman, J.P. Lambert, G. Laroque, H.S. Rosen, H.R. Sneessens" J. Waelbroeck and anonymous referees of the two journals - provided constructive comments on these earlier papers. Their suggestions - as well as the critical remarks by a referee of Springer 'Lecture Notes' - are partly reflected in the present book.

Produktdetails

• Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 360
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-54056-4
• 1991.
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 292g
• ISBN-13: 9783540540564
• ISBN-10: 3540540563
• Artikelnr.: 24974084

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Alternative theories of macroeconomic fluctuations.- 1.2 Assessment of the controversy - Motivation of the present study.- 1.3 Scope and limitations of the investigation.- 1.4 Set-up of the paper.- 2. The Micro Model.- 2.1 Spillovers and transactions.- 2.2 Discussion of the spillover elasticities.- 2.3 Regimes.- Appendix: Comparision with other spillover-formulations.- 3. Derivation of the Aggregate Model.- 3.1 Aggregation.- 3.2 Introduction of error terms.- 3.3 Adopting an econometrically tractable approximation.- 3.4 Accuracy of the approximation.- 4. Modified Version: Buffer Role of Inventories and Unfilled Orders.- 5. Specification of the Aggregate Econometric Equations.- 5.1 Labor supply.- 5.2 Demand for domestic output.- 5.3 Notional labor demand, notional goods supply and investment.- 6. Structure of the Model, Method of Estimation and Dynamic Ncxtensions.- 6.1 Allowing for a trend in labor market mismatch.- 6.2 Summary of the model.- 6.3 Method of estimation.- 6.4 Labor hoarding, partial adjustment and error correction dynamics.- 7. Estimation results.- 7.1 Empirical versions - Models 1 to 4.- 7.2 Model 1: No buffer stocks, 'static' labor hoarding.- 7.3 Model 2: No buffer stocks, dynamic labor hoarding.- 7.4 Model 3: Allowing for buffer stocks.- 7.5 Model 4: Inclusion of the investment equation.- 7.6 Interpreting Model 4 - Testing a priori parameter restrictions.- 7.7 Intertemporal substitution in labor supply - Comparison with other studies.- 8. Testing Parameter Stability.- 9. Simulations.- 9.1 Fit of the model (static simulation).- 9.2 Development of the Swiss economy: Regimes and spillovers.- 9.3 The Swiss labor market - A miracle?.- 9.4 Dynamic tracking performance.- 9.5 Simulating short-run and long-run effects ofautonomous changes, assessing dynamic stability.- 10. Summary and Conclusions.- References.