A stock-flow-fund ecological macroeconomic model

Main author: Dafermos, Yannis
Other authors: Nikolaidi, Maria
Galanis, Giorgos
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description This paper develops a stock-flow-fund ecological macroeconomic model that combines the stock-flow consistent approach of Godley and Lavoie with the flow-fund model of Georgescu-Roegen. The model has the following key features. First, monetary and physical stocks and flows are explicitly formalised taking into account the accounting principles and the laws of thermodynamics. Second, Georgescu-Roegen's distinction between stock-flow and fund-service resources is adopted. Third, output is demand-determined but supply constraints might arise either due to environmental damages or due to the exhaustion of natural resources. Fourth, climate change influences directly the components of aggregate demand. Fifth, finance affects macroeconomic activity and the materialisation of investment plans that determine ecological efficiency. The model is calibrated using global data. Simulations are conducted to investigate the trajectories of key environmental, macroeconomic and financial variables under (i) different assumptions about the sensitivity of economic activity to the leverage ratio of firms and (ii) different types of green finance policies.
format Journal Article
author Dafermos, Yannis
author_facet Dafermos, Yannis
Nikolaidi, Maria
Galanis, Giorgos
authorStr Dafermos, Yannis
author_letter Dafermos, Yannis
author2 Nikolaidi, Maria
Galanis, Giorgos
author2Str Nikolaidi, Maria
Galanis, Giorgos
title A stock-flow-fund ecological macroeconomic model
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2017
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/31460/