Macroeconomics & Growth

New Growth Theories represent one of the major advances in economic analysis in the the last three decades. This body of literature is being further expanded by recent theoretical developments, related to the microfoundations of multi-sectoral economies, new formalizations of investment decisions, the direction of technical change, the role of time-dependent preferences. The research in the field Macroeconomics & Growth includes papers dealing with these extensions of growth theories.

Recent Publications & Working Papers

• Daubanes, Julien and André Grimaud (2009): Taxation of a Polluting Non-renewable Resource in the Heterogeneous World
  IDEI Working Papers 541.

• Schäfer, Andreas and Simone Valente (2009): Habit Formation, Dynastic Altruism and Population Dynamics.
  Macroeconomic Dynamics, forthcoming.

• Valente, Simone (2009): International Status Seeking, Trade, and Growth Leadership.
  Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 42 (2): 554-589.

• Valente, Simone (2009): Endogenous Growth, Backstop Technology Adoption and Optimal Jumps
  Economics Working Paper Series 09/104, ETH Zurich.

• Schiess, Daniel and Roger Wehrli (2008): The Calm Before the Storm? - Anticipating the Arrival of General Purpose Technologies
  Economics Working Paper Series 08/81, ETH Zurich.
  Revised Version (November 2008)

Older publications can be found on the websites of the respective authors.

Involved Researchers

Lucas Bretschger, Julien Daubanes, Simone Valente.