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Macroeconomic (in)stability and endogenous market structure with productive government expenditure

  • Cheng-Wei Chang EMAIL logo and Ching-Chong Lai
Published/Copyright: July 28, 2016

Abstract

We consider the congestion effect of productive government spending in a monopolistic competition model with endogenous entry, and analyze the possibility of local indeterminacy. Some main findings emerge from the analysis. First, the indeterminacy condition is independent of the monopoly power. Second, productive government expenditure can be a source of local indeterminacy, while a higher degree of public goods congestion lessens the beneficial effect of productive government expenditure, and therefore reduces the possibility of indeterminacy. Third, a higher degree of internal returns to scale is associated with a lower possibility for the emergence of indeterminacy when production externalities are present.

JEL Classification: E30; E32

Acknowledgments

The authors are deeply grateful to the editor of this journal, Bruce Mizrach, and two anonymous referees for their insightful suggestions and comments that have substantially improved the paper. The authors would also like to thank Juin-Jen Chang, Been-Lon Chen, Kuan-Jen Chen, Nan-Kuang Chen, Chi-Ting Chin, Hsun Chu, Fu-Sheng Hung, Yi-Ting Li, Chih-Hsing Liao and seminar participants at National Taiwan University for their helpful suggestions and comments. Any errors or shortcomings are, however, the authors’ responsibility.

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