Endogenous cycles cannot emerge in one-sector monetary overlapping generations models when there is intertemporal substitutability,even if returns to scale are increasing. In this article, we show that the conclusions are different when there are two sectors. Considering a two-sector monetary...

A large literature has tried to find conditions such thatexpectations-driven fluctuations and endogenous cycles appear, but only few articles have focused on the role of consumers' heterogeneity. In our paper,we address this issue by considering an overlapping generations economy with endogenous...

Cet article propose de présenter dans un cadre simple, mais unifié, un certain nombre de résultats liés à l'existence et aux fluctuations d'une bulle rationnelle. Nous développons une économie d'échange à générations imbriquées dans laquelle chaque ménage fait un choix de...