Research At SCEPA
Long-Run Variation in Capacity Utilization
WORKING PAPER | We develop a generic Kalecki-Robinson model of growth that illustrates the different channels through which the economy can adjust to a change in demand conditions in the long run.
Expectations and Stability in the Kaleckian Growth Model
WORKING PAPER | This paper further explores the plausibility of the Keynesian stability condition by enriching the Kaleckian growth model with a more fully developed Keynesian theory of expectations formation.
The Possibility of “Consumption-Driven, Profit-Led Growth"
WORKING PAPER | We first show that, with a Kaleckian structure that is consistent with Pasinetti (1962), the relationship between distribution and growth is more robust than conventional wisdom suggests.
Time Variation in the Size of the Multiplier
WORKING PAPER | This paper contributes to the theory of the time-varying multiplier.
Path Dependency
WORKING PAPER | Path dependency is defined, and three different specific concepts of path dependency – cumulative causation, lock in, and hysteresis – are analyzed.
A Simple Analytical Model of the Adverse Real Effects of Inflation
WORKING PAPER | The essential insight advanced in this paper is that the claim that inflation can impair growth makes most sense in the context of a monetary production economy.
Real and Financial Crises in the Keynes-Kalecki Structuralist Model
WORKING PAPER | This paper shows how Keynes-Kalecki Structuralist models might benefit from agent-based microfoundations without sacrificing traditional macroeconomic themes.
Monetary Policy, Model Uncertainty, and ‘Policy Model Complacency’
WORKING PAPER | The question addressed in this paper is: can monetary policy succeed in stabilizing the economy even when the policy model on which it is predicated is mis-specified?
Intermediation, Money Creation, and Keynesian Macrodynamics
WORKING PAPER | Using a multi-agent systems model, this paper shows that real economies, especially those subject to recurrent financial crises, can be neither horizontalist nor verticalist.
Is there scientific progress in macroeconomics? The case of the NAIRU
WORKING PAPER | This paper investigates recent developments in the literature that estimates the NAIRU.
Heterodox Economics, Social Ontology, and the Use of Mathematics
WORKING PAPER | The argument advanced in this paper challenges Tony Lawson's claim that a heterodox economist's use of mathematical modeling is at odds with their (implicit) acceptance of an open-systems ontology.
Multi-Agent Systems as a Tool for Analyzing Path-Dependent Macrodynamics
WORKING PAPER | This paper discusses the concept of path dependence in macrodynamics, and identifies practical difficulties associated with building path-dependent macrodynamic models.
Inequality, Debt Servicing, and the Sustainability of Steady State Growth
WORKING PAPER | We investigate the claim that the way in which debtor households service their debts matters for macroeconomic performance.
Income Inequality, Indebtedness, and Post Keynesian Macrodynamics
WORKING PAPER | A Kaleckian growth model is modified to incorporate working households who borrow to finance some part of their consumption spending.