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Überakkumulation oder Investitionslücke?
[Over Accumulation or Investment Gap?]

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  • Kersten Kellermann

    (KOVL Konjunkturforschungsstelle Vierländereck)

  • Carsten-Henning Schlag

    (KOVL Konjunkturforschungsstelle Vierländereck)

Abstract

Zusammenfassung In Volkswirtschaften wie der Schweiz, Deutschland oder den USA liegt das Zinsniveau r derzeit unter der langfristigen Wachstumsrate des Bruttoinlandsprodukts n. Dies wird oftmals als Indiz für Überakkumulation interpretiert, welcher durch eine Erhöhung des schuldenfinanzierten Staatskonsums zu begegnen ist. Empirisch zeigt sich jedoch, dass trotz r

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  • Kersten Kellermann & Carsten-Henning Schlag, 2021. "Überakkumulation oder Investitionslücke? [Over Accumulation or Investment Gap?]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 101(12), pages 964-970, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:101:y:2021:i:12:d:10.1007_s10273-021-3073-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-021-3073-4
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    JEL classification:

    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt

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