Working Paper

Cycles and Indeterminacy in Overlapping Generations Economies with Stone-Geary Preferences

Erkki Koskela, Mikko Puhakka
CESifo, Munich, 2006

CESifo Working Paper No. 1737

We investigate dynamics in an overlapping generations economy with Stone-Geary preferences. We show that a steady state exists, and furthermore and importantly, that there can be a multitude of two cycles even though intertemporal elasticity of substitution in consumption exceeds unity.

Keywords: Stone-Geary preferences, overlapping generations economy, cycles and indeterminacy