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Inflation and Factor Shares
We use results from the literature on the determinants of price-cost margins to derive an equation relating labor's share of national income to the inflation rate (as well as to the output gap, the unemployment rate and the capital stock per worker). The equation is tested with a panel of 15 OECD countries. We obtain a robust positive relationship between inflation and the labor share. Our results suggest that disinflation is not distributively neutral, provide empirical support for the distinct concern about price stability shown by trade unions and employers' organizations, and help explaining the negative impact of inflation on growth.Inflation, Functional Distribution of Income, Markups.
Front dynamics in turbulent media
A study of a stable front propagating in a turbulent medium is presented. The
front is generated through a reaction-diffusion equation, and the turbulent
medium is statistically modeled using a Langevin equation. Numerical
simulations indicate the presence of two different dynamical regimes. These
regimes appear when the turbulent flow either wrinkles a still rather sharp
propagating interfase or broadens it. Specific dependences of the propagating
velocities on stirring intensities appropriate to each case are found and
fitted when possible according to theoretically predicted laws. Different
turbulent spectra are considered.Comment: 8 pages, REVTEX, 6 postscript figures included. To appear in Phys.
Fluids (1997
Synthetizing hydrodynamic turbulence from noise: formalism and applications to plankton dynamics
We present an analytical scheme, easily implemented numerically, to generate synthetic Gaussian 2D turbulent flows by using linear stochastic partial differential equations, where the noise term acts as a random force of well-prescribed statistics. This methodology leads to a divergence-free, isotropic, stationary and homogeneous velocity field, whose characteristic parameters are well reproduced, in particular the kinematic viscosity and energy spectrum. This practical approach to tailor a turbulent flow is justified by its versatility when analizing different physical processes occurring in advectely mixed systems. Here, we focuss on an application to study the dynamics of Planktonic populations in the ocean
Transverse transport in graphite
Graphite is a layered material showing a strong anisotropy. Among the
unconventional properties reported by experiments, the electronic transport
along the c-axis, which has direct implications in order to build graphitic
devices, remains a controversial topic. We study the influence of inelastic
scattering on the electron tunnelling between layers. In the presence of
electron electron interactions, tunnelling processes are modified by inelastic
scattering events.Comment: 9 pages, no figures Proceedings of the Graphene Conference, MPI PKS
Dresden, September 200
Langevin approach to generate synthetic turbulence
We present an analytical scheme, easily implemented numerically, to generate
synthetic Gaussian turbulent flows by using a linear Langevin equation, where
the noise term acts as a stochastic stirring force. The characteristic
parameters of the velocity field are well introduced, in particular the
kinematic viscosity and the spectrum of energy. As an application, the
diffusion of a passive scalar is studied for two different energy spectra.
Numerical results are compared favorably with analytical calculations.Comment: 7 pages, REVTEX, 6 figures. To appear in Physics of Fluids (April
1997
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