An Econometric Model of the US Economy

1. Introduction to Part 1 (Production of the GDP).- 2. Methodology.- 3. Literature Review.- 4. The Consumption Models.- 5. Models Indicating Determinants of Investment Spending and Borrowing.- 6. The Exports Demand Equation.- 7. Statistically Estimated Real GDP Determination Functions ("IS" Curves).- 8. Real GDP Determination Functions ("IS" Curves) Aggregated from Estimates Obtained by Statistically Estimating the Subcomponent Functions Comprising the GDP .- 9. Determinants of the Prime Interest Rate: Taylor Rule Method.- 10. Determinants of the Prime Interest Rate: LM Curve Method.- 11. Determinants of Inflation: The Phillips Curve Model.- 12. Determinants of Unemployment.- 13. The Savings Functions.- 14. Determinants of Government Receipts.- 15. Edogeneity of Government Spending.- 16. Capacity of the Model to Explain Behavior of the Macroeconomy in the Years beyond the Period Used to Estimate the Model.- 17. Converting the Older Keynsian IS-LM Model to the More Modern AS-AD Interpretation of the Kenysian Model.- 18. Dynamics.- 19. Summary and Conclusions (Production Side of the NIPA Accounts).- 20. Part II: Determinants of Factor Shares (Income Side of the NIPA Accounts).

John J. Heim is Visiting Professor at University of Albany-SUNY, and retired Clinical Professor of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, both in New York, USA.