The paper builds on the Marxist concept of exploitation to explore the meaning of the Post Keynesian notion of uncertainty. Uncertainty is mediated by institutions and is distributed unevenly among different social groups. As different historical social formations entail different institutional structures, the distribution and nature of uncertainty also differ. The configurations between class relations and uncertainty are analyzed for the capitalist, feudal and slave modes of production. It is demonstrated that modes of production do not only imply specific exploitative relations but also different relative distributions of uncertainty amongst classes. Joining Marxian and Post Keynesian approaches allows a richer understanding of exploitive relations and illuminates the full societal impact of uncertainty. It is shown that only in capitalism is the exploited class exposed to a substantial degree of economic uncertainty. (author's abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series

The aim of this paper is to analyze the pattern of speculation-led growth in Turkey. It is dependent on international capital flows, whose continuity becomes more and more critical given the current account deficit, which is estimated to reach 6.1% as a ratio to GDP at the end of 2005. The paper assesses the sustainability of this speculation-led growth in the context of EU enlargement and compares the current state of fragility with former crises in Turkey as well as in East Asia and Latin America. Following a severe financial crisis in 2001, Turkey has entered a new phase of fragile growth led by boom-euphoric expectations. The paper aims at explaining this new phase and the evolution of the risk perceptions of both the creditors as well as the debtors in this "speculation game" based on the post-Keynesian/Minskyan concepts of endogenous expectations and financial fragility. (author's abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series

The NAIRU theory has become the mainstream theory in explaining unemployment in Europe and is often used to justify demands for a cutback of the welfare state, reducing unemployment benefits, reducing minimum wages, decentralizing collective bargaining etc. Close inspection reveals that it nonetheless shares some arguments with Post Keynesian and even Marxist theory. The paper proposes an underdetermined, encompassing NAIRU model, which is consistent with several theoretical tradtions. Depending on the closure with respect to demand formation and determination of the NAIRU itself, the model allows for New Keynesian, Post Keynesian and Marxist results. (author's abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series

The aim of this paper is to analyze the fragility of the New Member States and accession countries in the Central Eastern and South Eastern European countries (henceforth Eastern Europe) to the turbulences in the global economy and the changes in the direction of the international capital flows. (author's abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series

O objetivo central da presente dissertação consistiu em apresentar uma relação entre o sistema financeiro e o desenvolvimento econômico das economias monetárias a partir das teorias pós-keynesiana e institucionalista, enfatizando as suas diferenças, semelhanças e complementaridades. Como objetivo secundário, elaborou-se uma breve análise da economia brasileira no período 1980-2008, tendo como referência as referidas teorias. Para alcançar tais objetivos, primeiramente foi apresentada uma análise sobre o sistema financeiro e a dinâmica do desenvolvimento econômico nas concepções pós-keynesiana e institucionalista. Nesse particular, face à relevância do sistema financeiro para a compreensão da lógica de funcionamento de economias monetárias, foram exploradas as contribuições teóricas póskeynesiana e institucionalista sobre o papel do referido sistema nas dinâmicas do crescimento e do desenvolvimento econômicos. Em outras palavras, procurou-se mostrar que, para ambas as teorias, moeda nunca é neutra. O passo seguinte consistiu em traçar um elo e identificar, através do conceito de “paradigma processual”, as complementaridades entre as teorias póskeynesiana e institucionalista. Assim sendo, os cinco pilares explorados na análise do “paradigma processual” foram os que seguem: (i) o desenvolvimento econômico é um processo cumulativo de mudança, (ii) as instituições importam, (iii) a moeda é uma instituição central em economias monetárias, pois ela nunca é neutra, (iv) as inovações são essenciais e (v) os indivíduos tomam suas decisões em um ambiente de incerteza fundamental. Por fim, foi elaborada uma análise para a economia brasileira para o período 1980-2008 a partir dos cinco pilares do “paradigma processual”. / This purpose of this dissertation is twofold: on the one hand, in the light of the Post Keynesian and Institutionalism theories, it aims at relating financial system and economic development. Doing this, it tries to show the differences, the similarities and the complementarities among them. On the other hand, it develops an analysis of the process of economic development in Brazil during the period covered 1980 to 2008. To achieve this, first of all, it was necessary to present the main ideas of the Post Keynesian and Institutionalism theories related to financial system and economic development. The second step, given the relevance of financial system in the monetary economy, it was presented the basic assumptions that each of these theories have regarding to the dynamic behavior of financial system. In other words, it was emphasized the idea that money is not neutral. The next step was to draw a link, and identify their complementarities, between the Post Keynesian and Institutionalisms theories, through the “procedural paradigm”. The five pillars of this paradigm consists in the idea that (i) economic development is a cumulative process of change, (ii) institutions matter, (iii) money (and credit) is a central institution in the economy, (iv) innovation system is essential, and (v) individuals make their decisions in an environment of fundamental uncertainty. Finally, it was elaborated a short analysis to the Brazilian economy during the period 1980-2008, based on the “procedural paradigm”.

O objetivo central da presente dissertação consistiu em apresentar uma relação entre o sistema financeiro e o desenvolvimento econômico das economias monetárias a partir das teorias pós-keynesiana e institucionalista, enfatizando as suas diferenças, semelhanças e complementaridades. Como objetivo secundário, elaborou-se uma breve análise da economia brasileira no período 1980-2008, tendo como referência as referidas teorias. Para alcançar tais objetivos, primeiramente foi apresentada uma análise sobre o sistema financeiro e a dinâmica do desenvolvimento econômico nas concepções pós-keynesiana e institucionalista. Nesse particular, face à relevância do sistema financeiro para a compreensão da lógica de funcionamento de economias monetárias, foram exploradas as contribuições teóricas póskeynesiana e institucionalista sobre o papel do referido sistema nas dinâmicas do crescimento e do desenvolvimento econômicos. Em outras palavras, procurou-se mostrar que, para ambas as teorias, moeda nunca é neutra. O passo seguinte consistiu em traçar um elo e identificar, através do conceito de “paradigma processual”, as complementaridades entre as teorias póskeynesiana e institucionalista. Assim sendo, os cinco pilares explorados na análise do “paradigma processual” foram os que seguem: (i) o desenvolvimento econômico é um processo cumulativo de mudança, (ii) as instituições importam, (iii) a moeda é uma instituição central em economias monetárias, pois ela nunca é neutra, (iv) as inovações são essenciais e (v) os indivíduos tomam suas decisões em um ambiente de incerteza fundamental. Por fim, foi elaborada uma análise para a economia brasileira para o período 1980-2008 a partir dos cinco pilares do “paradigma processual”. / This purpose of this dissertation is twofold: on the one hand, in the light of the Post Keynesian and Institutionalism theories, it aims at relating financial system and economic development. Doing this, it tries to show the differences, the similarities and the complementarities among them. On the other hand, it develops an analysis of the process of economic development in Brazil during the period covered 1980 to 2008. To achieve this, first of all, it was necessary to present the main ideas of the Post Keynesian and Institutionalism theories related to financial system and economic development. The second step, given the relevance of financial system in the monetary economy, it was presented the basic assumptions that each of these theories have regarding to the dynamic behavior of financial system. In other words, it was emphasized the idea that money is not neutral. The next step was to draw a link, and identify their complementarities, between the Post Keynesian and Institutionalisms theories, through the “procedural paradigm”. The five pillars of this paradigm consists in the idea that (i) economic development is a cumulative process of change, (ii) institutions matter, (iii) money (and credit) is a central institution in the economy, (iv) innovation system is essential, and (v) individuals make their decisions in an environment of fundamental uncertainty. Finally, it was elaborated a short analysis to the Brazilian economy during the period 1980-2008, based on the “procedural paradigm”.

Orientador: Adílson Marques Gennari / Banca: Elton Eustaquio Casagrande / Banca: Rogério Naques Faleiros / Resumo: O presente trabalho buscou delinear o perfil do crédito à pessoa jurídica no Brasil após o Plano Real até 2007, assim como analisar o comportamento da estrutura ofertante de crédito no período pela perspectiva Pós-Keynesiana. Utilizando-se dados de volume, juros, prazos entre outros e usufruindo de vários níveis de desagregação dos dados fornecidos, principalmente, pelo Banco Central do Brasil, foi possível definir os agentes credores mais importantes das empresas, destacando-se o papel dos dez maiores bancos múltiplos, do BNDES e do mercado de capitais nesse aspecto. Concluiu-se que houve uma "divisão de tarefas" entre os agentes credores: os bancos múltiplos e comerciais concederam recursos estritamente de curto prazo, nas modalidades de Capital de Giro e de adiantamentos de receitas. O BNDES sustentou a demanda por crédito para a finalidade de investimentos, além de servir de agente anti-cíclico em momentos de retração no crédito. Já o mercado de capitais serviu mais como uma oportunidade exclusivamente para empresas de grande porte do que uma alternativa ao BNDES e ao crédito bancário, já que mostrou-se consistente apenas em períodos de estabilidade econômica. Além da divisão de tarefas concluiu-se que o crédito foi influenciado pela preferência pela liquidez por parte dos agentes credores, já que os mesmos pareceram realizar o trade-off liquidez/rentabilidade, restringindo o crédito em momentos de aversão ao risco, e aumentando a participação do crédito em momentos de maior estabilidade econômica. / Abstract: The present work aims at delineate the credit profile to the firms in Brazil after Plano Real up to 2007, as well as analyzing the behavior of the supply credit structure in the period in the Post Keynesian Approach. We analyzed fluctuations of the stock of credit, levels of interests, and using several levels of disaggregation of the data, mainly, for the Central Bank of Brazil, it was possible to define the more important suppliers agents of the firms, standing out the role of the ten larger multiple banks, of BNDES and of the stock markets in that aspect. It concludes that there was a "division of tasks" among the suppliers agents: the multiple and commercial banks granted resources strictly of short period. BNDES sustained the demand for credit for the purpose of investments, besides emerging as an anti-cyclical agent in moments of retraction in the credit. Already the stock market were used more as an opportunity exclusively for strong companies of than an alternative to BNDES and the bank credit, since it was shown solid just in periods of economical stability. Besides the division of tasks it concluded that the credit was influenced by the liquidity preference on the part of the suppliers' agents, since the same ones seemed to were driving by liquidity/return trade-off, restricting the credit in moments of aversion to of risk, and increasing the participation of the credit in moments of larger economical stability. / Mestre

O objetivo central da presente dissertação consistiu em apresentar uma relação entre o sistema financeiro e o desenvolvimento econômico das economias monetárias a partir das teorias pós-keynesiana e institucionalista, enfatizando as suas diferenças, semelhanças e complementaridades. Como objetivo secundário, elaborou-se uma breve análise da economia brasileira no período 1980-2008, tendo como referência as referidas teorias. Para alcançar tais objetivos, primeiramente foi apresentada uma análise sobre o sistema financeiro e a dinâmica do desenvolvimento econômico nas concepções pós-keynesiana e institucionalista. Nesse particular, face à relevância do sistema financeiro para a compreensão da lógica de funcionamento de economias monetárias, foram exploradas as contribuições teóricas póskeynesiana e institucionalista sobre o papel do referido sistema nas dinâmicas do crescimento e do desenvolvimento econômicos. Em outras palavras, procurou-se mostrar que, para ambas as teorias, moeda nunca é neutra. O passo seguinte consistiu em traçar um elo e identificar, através do conceito de “paradigma processual”, as complementaridades entre as teorias póskeynesiana e institucionalista. Assim sendo, os cinco pilares explorados na análise do “paradigma processual” foram os que seguem: (i) o desenvolvimento econômico é um processo cumulativo de mudança, (ii) as instituições importam, (iii) a moeda é uma instituição central em economias monetárias, pois ela nunca é neutra, (iv) as inovações são essenciais e (v) os indivíduos tomam suas decisões em um ambiente de incerteza fundamental. Por fim, foi elaborada uma análise para a economia brasileira para o período 1980-2008 a partir dos cinco pilares do “paradigma processual”. / This purpose of this dissertation is twofold: on the one hand, in the light of the Post Keynesian and Institutionalism theories, it aims at relating financial system and economic development. Doing this, it tries to show the differences, the similarities and the complementarities among them. On the other hand, it develops an analysis of the process of economic development in Brazil during the period covered 1980 to 2008. To achieve this, first of all, it was necessary to present the main ideas of the Post Keynesian and Institutionalism theories related to financial system and economic development. The second step, given the relevance of financial system in the monetary economy, it was presented the basic assumptions that each of these theories have regarding to the dynamic behavior of financial system. In other words, it was emphasized the idea that money is not neutral. The next step was to draw a link, and identify their complementarities, between the Post Keynesian and Institutionalisms theories, through the “procedural paradigm”. The five pillars of this paradigm consists in the idea that (i) economic development is a cumulative process of change, (ii) institutions matter, (iii) money (and credit) is a central institution in the economy, (iv) innovation system is essential, and (v) individuals make their decisions in an environment of fundamental uncertainty. Finally, it was elaborated a short analysis to the Brazilian economy during the period 1980-2008, based on the “procedural paradigm”.

博士(経済学) / 乙第409号 / ii, x, 194p / Hitotsubashi University(一橋大学)

China's economic development has performed spectacularly during the period of China's economic transition as a result of radical economic reform in the all markets. The country has also gone through extensive fiscal reforms in the last three decades. However, a number of problems have been associated with such rapid economic growth. One of these has been raising inequality. In both Keynesian and neoclassical endogenous growth theories, public spending can play an important role for economic growth and inequality. The majority of previous studies have focused on the relationship between public spending and economic growth, or between public spending and inequality separately. There is no doubt that public spending has an effect on both economic growth and equity simultaneously. In this respect, this thesis attempts to address the problems that have emerged during the period of China's fiscal reforms, and seeks to examine the effects of public spending on economic growth and equality in the same model. This thesis investigates the dynamic relationships among these three variables in China. For aggregate national data, vector error correction model (VECM) has been used. Analysis at the provincial level is based on the panel vector auto-regression (PVAR) model. These methods help to solve the endogeneity in estimations. The national level analysis indicates that total public spending shows a long term Granger causality with GDP per capita, which supports the positive growth effect of public spending in the Keynesian and endogenous growth model. Social public spending has a negative effect on real output per capita in both the short term and long term, but it also has a negative impact on income inequality. Moreover, we find that a higher level of real GDP per capita will increase the level of inequality, but a higher level of inequality has a negative effect on real GDP per capita in the long term. Furthermore, total provincial public spending and provincial social spending have either a non-significant effect on economic growth. On the other hand, the SOEs' investment has a significant, positive growth effect at both the national and provincial level. As for the redistributive role of the public spending, the provincial total public spending and social spending have played an important role on income distribution. Furthermore, the Gini coefficient has a positive effect on the per capita growth rate at the provincial level, but the economic growth has no significant impact on the Gini coefficient.