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Expectations and the neutrality of interest rates 预期与利率中性
IF 2 3区 经济学
Review of Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2024.04.004
John H. Cochrane
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Optimal unemployment insurance in a THANK model THANK 模型中的最优失业保险
IF 2 3区 经济学
Review of Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-04-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2024.04.003
Stéphane Auray , Aurélien Eyquem
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Bubbly booms and welfare 泡沫繁荣与福利
IF 2 3区 经济学
Review of Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2024.02.001
Feng Dong , Yang Jiao , Haoning Sun
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Are zero-Covid policies optimal? 零科维德政策是否最优?
IF 2 3区 经济学
Review of Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2024.01.002
Andrew B. Abel , Stavros Panageas
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Input delays, firm dynamics, and misallocation in Sub-Saharan Africa 撒哈拉以南非洲的投入延迟、企业动态和分配不当
IF 2 3区 经济学
Review of Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-04-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2024.04.001
Idossou Marius Adom , Immo Schott
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Unmarried births: Accounting and equilibrium analysis, 1960-1995 未婚生育:核算与平衡分析,1960-1995 年
IF 2 3区 经济学
Review of Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2023.12.001
John Kennes , John Knowles
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Blocking patents, rent protection and economic growth 阻止专利、租金保护和经济增长
IF 2 3区 经济学
Review of Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2023.11.003
Michael A. Klein , Yibai Yang
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Optimal taxation in the life cycle with human capital investment 考虑人力资本投资的生命周期最优税收
IF 2 3区 经济学
Review of Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2023.11.004
Been-Lon Chen, Fei-Chi Liang
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Changing marital transitions and homeownership among young households 年轻家庭婚姻转变和住房所有权的变化
IF 2 3区 经济学
Review of Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2023.11.002
Minsu Chang
{"title":"Changing marital transitions and homeownership among young households","authors":"Minsu Chang","doi":"10.1016/j.red.2023.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.red.2023.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper shows that the evolving likelihood of marriage and divorce is an important factor that helps account for the changes in homeownership rates among young single households and married couples from 1970 to the mid 1990s. To investigate potential mechanisms behind these observed changes, I develop and estimate a life-cycle model that incorporates housing decisions and age-dependent shocks associated with marriage and divorce. The findings indicate that the declined likelihood of marriage, along with increased returns on non-housing assets, helps generate the observed rise in homeownership among singles aged 25-44 years. Conversely, the increased likelihood of divorce, in addition to higher house prices<span> and labor market volatility, contributes to the decrease in homeownership among young couples.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":47890,"journal":{"name":"Review of Economic Dynamics","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 46-63"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138516127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Revisiting speculative hyperinflations in monetary models: A rejoinder 重新审视货币模型中的投机性恶性通货膨胀:反驳
IF 2 3区 经济学
Review of Economic Dynamics Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2023.11.005
Behzad Diba , Olivier Loisel
{"title":"Revisiting speculative hyperinflations in monetary models: A rejoinder","authors":"Behzad Diba ,&nbsp;Olivier Loisel","doi":"10.1016/j.red.2023.11.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.red.2023.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this note, we present a formal proof of <span>Obstfeld and Rogoff</span>'s (<span>1983</span>, <span>2021</span><span>) claim that their fractional-currency-backing scheme eliminates the inflationary equilibria in the money-in-utility model. To do so, we fully articulate the optimization problem of consumers who have the option to redeem (part or all of) their cash for a small amount of goods at any date. We also relate the scheme to the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":47890,"journal":{"name":"Review of Economic Dynamics","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 64-69"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138516128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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