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The Macroeconomic Implications of Consumption: State-of-Art and Prospects for the Heterodox Future Research

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  • Brochier, Lidia
  • Macedo e Silva, Antonio Carlos

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The recent US economic scenario has motivated a series of heterodox papers concerned with household indebtedness and consumption. Though discussing autonomous consumption, most of the theoretical papers rely on private investmentled growth models. An alternative approach is the so-called Sraffian supermultipler model, which treats long-run investment as induced, allowing for the possibility that other final demand components – including consumption – may lead long-run growth. We suggest that the dialogue between these approaches is not only possible but may prove to be quite fruitful.

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  • Brochier, Lidia & Macedo e Silva, Antonio Carlos, 2017. "The Macroeconomic Implications of Consumption: State-of-Art and Prospects for the Heterodox Future Research," MPRA Paper 92672, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Consumption. Household debt. Growth theories. Autonomous expenditures.;

    JEL classification:

    • B59 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Other
    • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth

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