Essays in quantitative macroeconomics

Mand, Matthias

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URL:	https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/37073
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-370731
Document Type:	Doctoral dissertation
Year of publication:	2014
Place of publication:	Mannheim
University:	Universität Mannheim
Evaluator:	Krebs, Tom
Date of oral examination:	22 September 2014
Publication language:	English
Institution:	School of Law and Economics > Makroökonomik u. Wirtschaftspolitik (Krebs 2006-) Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences - CDSE (Economics)
Subject:	330 Economics
Classification:	JEL: O31, O33, E32, E21, E02, G11, D43, L16, R21,
Subject headings (SWD):	Makroökonomik
Keywords (English):	Endogenous Growth , Real Business Cycles , Research & Development , Investment-specific Technical Change , Product Market Deregulation , Housing Market , Default Risk , Tax Policy
Abstract:	This dissertation consists of three essays that deal with macroeconomic topics and are linked by a common method, the computational experiment. The essays give answers to quantitative questions on the post-war U.S. macroeconomy. Two essays evaluate episodes of contemporary economic policy: namely, the role of the Ford/Carter deregulation for the productivity growth resurgence in the early 1990s and the contribution of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 to the housing boom of the 2000s. Another essay deals with the connection between business cycle fluctuations and economic growth during the post-war period. The essay also contributes to a discussion about policy proposals of countercyclical R&D subsidies.