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We use the approach of R. Thom's “Catastrophe Theory” to construct a generalization of Kaldor's 1940 trade cycle. The model allows for cyclic behavior which exhibits either rapid recoveries (recessions) or slow recoveries (depressions).
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Hal R. Varian (1979) studied this question.
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