Research At SCEPA
A Keynesian Dynamic Stochastic Disequilibrium Model
WORKING PAPER | A Dynamic Stochastic Disequilibrium (DSDE) model is proposed for business cycle analysis.
Methodological, Internal and Ontological Inconsistencies in Post-Keynesian Theory
WORKING PAPER | A methodological inconsistency arises from presenting macroeconomic arguments formally and microeconomic arguments verbally.
Financial Stress, Sovereign Debt and Economic Activity
WORKING PAPER | This working paper, published in the Journal of International Money and Finance, is an expansion on the policy note, 'The Role of Financial Stress in Debt and Recovery.'
The Role of Financial Stress in Debt and Recovery
POLICY NOTE | This research contradicts the highly cited Rienhart and Rogoff study, which states that debt higher than 90% of GDP will negatively affect a country's economic growth.
Effective Demand, Exogenous Normal Utilization and Endogenous Capacity
WORKING PAPER | Using Cointegrated Vector Auto-Regression analysis, this paper provides evidence that production capacities adjust endogenously to current output in the long run.
Transitioning to Renewable Energy
POLICY NOTE | Part of the public skepticism towards the transition to renewable energy and implementing mitigation policies is caused by the fear of job losses.
Hysteresis in the Kaleckian Growth Model
WORKING PAPER | This paper studies the endogeneity of the normal utilization rate and the expected secular rate of sales growth empirically for the US manufacturing sector and its sub-sectors.
The Euro and the Sustainability of Current Account Imbalances
POLICY NOTE | This note offers policy recommendations based on empirical support that shows current account imbalances in the EMU are unsustainable and may jeopardize stability in the Euro Area.
Are Current Account Imbalances Between EMU Countries Sustainable?
WORKING PAPER | Evidence suggests that the introduction of the EMU is associated with a shift from sustainability to unsustainability of external debt accumulation among the Euro countries considered.