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Do Chemical Reactors Hold the Solution for Global Economic Crises?

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  • Yochanan Shachmurove

    () (The City College of the City University of New York)

  • Reuel Shinnar (Deceased)

    () (Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York)

Abstract

What can economists learn from dynamic partial control of chemical reactors? Both chemical reactors and the economy involve many variables that are difficult to fully predict or control. Thus, this paper suggests the use of partial control, which involves indentifying only the key variables that monitor the system. This idea of observing relatively few variables and enabling policy makers to better control the economy is in line with the contributions of Sargent and Sims, who use a limited number of variables to study monetary and fiscal policies. This approach enables a better distinction between cause and effect in the macroeconomy.

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Paper provided by Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania in its series PIER Working Paper Archive with number 12-010.

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Length: 19 pages
Date of creation: 28 Mar 2012
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Handle: RePEc:pen:papers:12-010

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Keywords: partial control; perturbation; steady state; monetary policy; economic growth; manufacturing; sufficiency; chemical reactors; delayed information model; Monte Carlo simulation; Kalman filter estimation;

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