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Economics

2010

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Income distribution

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An Empirical Evaluation Of Three Post Keynesian Models, Peter Skott, Ben Zipperer Sep 2010

An Empirical Evaluation Of Three Post Keynesian Models, Peter Skott, Ben Zipperer

Economics Department Working Paper Series

Structuralist and post Keynesian models differ in their assumptions about firms’ investment behavior and pricing/output decisions. This paper compares three benchmark models: Kaleckian, Robinsonian and Kaldorian. We analyze the implications of these models for the steady growth path and the cyclical properties of the economy, and evaluate the consistency of the theoretical predictions with empirical evidence for the US. Our regression results and the stylized cyclical pattern of key variables are consistent with the Kaldorian model. The Kaleckian investment function and the Robinsonian pricing behavior find no support in the data.


An Empirical Evaluation Of Three Post Keynesian Models, Peter Skott, Ben Zipperer Aug 2010

An Empirical Evaluation Of Three Post Keynesian Models, Peter Skott, Ben Zipperer

Peter Skott

Structuralist and post Keynesian models differ in their assumptions about firms’ investment behavior and pricing/output decisions. This paper compares three benchmark models: Kaleckian, Robinsonian and Kaldorian. We analyze the implications of these models for the steady growth path and the cyclical properties of the economy, and evaluate the consistency of the theoretical predictions with empirical evidence for the US. Our regression results and the stylized cyclical pattern of key variables are consistent with the Kaldorian model. The Kaleckian investment function and the Robinsonian pricing behavior find no support in the data.


Cyclical Patterns Of Employment, Utilization And Profitability, Ben Zipperer, Peter Skott Jan 2010

Cyclical Patterns Of Employment, Utilization And Profitability, Ben Zipperer, Peter Skott

Economics Department Working Paper Series

The interaction between income distribution, accumulation, employment and the utilization of capital is central to macroeconomic models in the `heterodox' tradition. This paper examines the stylized pattern of these variables using US data for the period after 1948. We look at the trends and cycles in individual time series and examine the bivariate cycical patterns among the variables.