Consumption Structure and Macroeconomics

Download or read book Consumption Structure and Macroeconomics written by Reto Foellmi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a novel perspective that allows to incorporate changing consumption and production structure into models of economic growth. Starting from the empirical observation that income and consumption structure are closely related, it develops a tractable theoretical framework which enables to analyze macroeconomic models consistent with these empirical facts. As a result, central macroeconomic phenomena are better understood: the reasons behind long-run growth, structural change, and the influence of inequality on innovations and growth.