Savings and Industrialization: Some Hypotheses Suggested By Lewis and Others

This paper seeks to test Arthur Lewis' hypothesis of the dependence in the first stage of development, of the savings rate on the relative share of the capitalist sector. Using industry as a proxy for the capitalist sector, the results of our cross-country analysis provide strong confirmation of this and some other hypotheses.

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Year of publication:	1985
Authors:	Alam, M. Shahid
Institutions:	Economics Department, Queen's University

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Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	16 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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