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IN PURSUIT OF THE HOFFMANNESQUE

German Life and Letters, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article seeks to elucidate the term ‘Hoffmannesque’ — the eponymous adjective that refers to E. T. A. Hoffmann — through recourse to Hoffmann's own use of ‘esque’ words: arabesque, grotesque, burlesque, picturesque. By investigating the characteristics of ‘esque’ formulations and tracing their recurrence through Hoffmann's texts, I argue ...
Polly Dickson
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Arthur Lewis' Contribution to Development Thinking and Policy [PDF]

Arthur Lewis' seminal 1954 paper and its emphasis on dualism appeared at a time when neither the work of Keynes or Harrod-Domar nor the later neoclassical production function of Solow seemed relevant for developing countries. As a consequence, his model,
Gustav Ranis
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The Legacy of Policy Inaction in Climate‐Growth Models

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To better understand the structure and core mechanisms of a broad class of climate‐growth models, we study a simplified version of the dynamic integrated model of climate and the economy (DICE) through the lens of growth theory. We analytically show that this model features a continuum of saddle‐point stable steady states.
Thomas Steger, Timo Trimborn
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The Great Depression in the United States from a neoclassical perspective [PDF]

Can neoclassical theory account for the Great Depression in the United States—both the downturn in output between 1929 and 1933 and the recovery between 1934 and 1939? Yes and no. Given the large real and monetary shocks to the U.S.
Harold L. Cole, Lee E. Ohanian
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Accounting for the Evolution of China's Production and Trade Patterns

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study the evolution of China's production and trade patterns during its integration into the global economy. Using firm‐level microdata, we document how production and exports shifted across industries and within industries across firms.
Hanwei Huang, Jiandong Ju, Vivian Z. Yue
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The Impact of Canada's Working Income Tax Benefit on the Labor Supply of Low‐Income Workers

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We use administrative tax data to estimate the effect of the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) on the labor supply of single, low‐income workers in Canada. Our analytical approach exploits low knowledge of the program, which generates variation in the benefit receipt both between and within eligible tax filers over time.
Kourtney Koebel, Dionne Pohler
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How Has France Established Itself as a Champion of the European Fight Against Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)?

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The article contributes to the emerging scholarly literature on how European democracies respond to foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), whilst focusing on a single case study of France. It asks how France responded to Russian FIMI and why this response has become more forceful and comprehensive over time.
Agnieszka K. Cianciara
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The Strength of the Veblenian Critique of Neoclassical Economics

, 2009
More than one hundred years ago, Thorstein Veblen wrote a powerful critique of neoclassical economics that castigated the discipline for turning the individual into a “lightning calculator of pleasures and pains, who oscillates like a homogeneous globule”
Semov, Svetoslav I.
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On Measuring the Welfare Cost of Inflation

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses neoclassical monetary demand theory to measure the welfare cost of inflation. It uses the microeconomic‐ and aggregation‐theoretic approach to the demand for money, that integrates the demand for money with the demands for consumption and leisure, and provides a comparison between the consumer surplus approach based on ...
APOSTOLOS SERLETIS, LIBO XU
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From outer circle to center stage: The maturation of heterodox economics [PDF]

This is chapter 2 of the book "Future Directions in Heterodox Economics" by John T. Harvey and Robert F. Garnett, Jr., Editors. The inner circle of neoclassical economics has limited its horizons, increasing the scope for heterodox economists to claim ...
Garnett (eds), Rob, Goodwin, Neva, Harvey (eds), John   +2 more
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