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Existence and stability of business cycles


Author: Akitaka Dohtani
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 54 (1996), 105-120
MSC: Primary 90A16; Secondary 34C05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/1373841
MathSciNet review: MR1373841
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Abstract: We provide several sufficient conditions for the existence and the stability of limit cycles in two-dimensional differential equation systems. We also apply our results to business cycle models in the Keynesian tradition.


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