TY - JOUR
T1 - The symmetry of real purchasing power and the neoclassical monetary growth model
AU - Drabicki, John Z.
AU - Takayama, Akira
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - It has been argued that the usual instability property of the neoclassical monetary growth model can be removed if an asymmetric treatment of real purchasing power between the real and monetary sectors is eliminated, i.e., if the demand for money is made to depend on disposable income and not income. Basically, the argument is that this symmetry can offset the destabilizing forces of the Wicksell effect of the rate of inflation on the demand for money. We show that, under the usual stipulations of the model, the instability (saddle-point) nature of the model cannot be altered by such an argument.
AB - It has been argued that the usual instability property of the neoclassical monetary growth model can be removed if an asymmetric treatment of real purchasing power between the real and monetary sectors is eliminated, i.e., if the demand for money is made to depend on disposable income and not income. Basically, the argument is that this symmetry can offset the destabilizing forces of the Wicksell effect of the rate of inflation on the demand for money. We show that, under the usual stipulations of the model, the instability (saddle-point) nature of the model cannot be altered by such an argument.
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U2 - 10.1016/0164-0704(82)90096-9
DO - 10.1016/0164-0704(82)90096-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:49049140002
SN - 0164-0704
VL - 4
SP - 357
EP - 362
JO - Journal of Macroeconomics
JF - Journal of Macroeconomics
IS - 3
ER -