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Equilibrium Indeterminacy, Endogenous Entry and Exit, and Increasing Returns to Specialization

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  • Shu-Hua Chen

    (National Taipei University)

  • Jang-Ting Guo

    (Department of Economics, University of California Riverside)

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This paper systematically examines the interrelations between equilibrium indeterminacy, endogenous entry and exit of intermediate-input firms, and increasing returns to specialization within two versions of a parsimonious one-sector monopolistically competitive real business cycle model. The technology for producing an intermediate good is postulated to display internal increasing returns-to-scale in our benchmark framework, whereas positive productive externalities are considered in the alternative setting. We analytically show that either formulation will exhibit belief-driven cyclical fluctuations if and only if the equilibrium wage-hours locus is positively sloped and steeper than the household's labor supply curve. We also find that ceteris paribus our alternative macroeconomy is more susceptible to indeterminacy and sunspots than the baseline counterpart.

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  • Shu-Hua Chen & Jang-Ting Guo, 2020. "Equilibrium Indeterminacy, Endogenous Entry and Exit, and Increasing Returns to Specialization," Working Papers 202006, University of California at Riverside, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucr:wpaper:202006
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    Equilibrium Indeterminacy; Endogenous Entry and Exit; Increasing Returns to Specialization.;
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    • E13 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Neoclassical
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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