Dynamic Factor Demand in a Rationing Context: Theory and Estimation of a Macroeconomic Disequilibrium Model for the Federal Republic of Germany

by Werner Smolny

Overview

A macroeconomic disequilibrium model is developed for the Federal Republic of Germany. Starting with a microeconomic model of firm's behaviour, the optimal dynamic adjustment of employment and investment is derived. The model of the firm is complemented by an explicite aggregation procedure which allows to derive macroeconomic relations. The model is estimated with macroeconomic data for the Federal Republic of Germany. An important feature is the consistent introduction of dynamic adjustment into a model of the firm. A new method is the particular approach of a delayed adjustment of employment and investment. The estimation results show significant underutilizations of labour and capital and indicate the importance of supply constraints for imports and exports. As the most prominent result, they reveal the importance of the slow adjustment of employment and investment for the macroeconomic situation in Germany and especially for the persistence of high unemployment in the eighties.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783790807127
Publisher:	Physica-Verlag HD
Publication date:	09/30/1993
Series:	Studies in Contemporary Economics
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

I Theory.- 1 Disequilibrium models.- 2 The basic model.- 3 Extensions of the basic model.- 4 The aggregation of micro-markets.- II Empirical estimation.- 5 Specification of the model.- 6 Results.- Conclusion.