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We develop a simple growth model with imperfect competition in which demand conditions can affect the dynamics of … capital accumulation, hindering or enhancing growth. In our model the elasticity of the demand schedule faced by a typical … to those found in the perfectly competitive one-sector growth model: there is a unique stationary equilibrium which is …
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steady states arise because rents to human capital are self perpetuating. Inequality in abilities may be good for growth … also good for growth because it gives the young property rights over their own human capital, which are thus equivalent to …
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growth, in line with the β=s/g Harrod-Domar-Solow formula. That is, for a given net saving rate s= 10%, the long run wealth …
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We construct an endogenous growth model of directed technical change with automation (the introduction of machines … low-skill wages increase, investment in automation is stimulated, which depresses the future growth rate of low … literature on economic growth. We further include middle-skill workers, which allows the model to generate a phase of wage …
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A trade union whose purpose is to raise wages above the competitive level may foster economic growth if it succeeds in … that the union's policy spurs per capita income growth and increases the welfare of all generations that adhere to the …
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Abstract. We use a quantitative equilibrium model with houses, collateralized debt and foreign borrowing to study the impact of global imbalances on the U.S. economy in the 2000s. Our results suggest that the dynamics of foreign capital flows account for between one fourth and one third of the...
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Abstract. U.S. households' debt skyrocketed between 2000 and 2007, and has been falling since. This leveraging (and deleveraging) cycle cannot be accounted for by the liberalization, and subsequent tightening, of credit standards in mortgage markets observed during the same period. We base this...
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Debt-induced crises, including the subprime crisis, are usually attributed exclusively to supply-side factors. We examine the role of social influences on debt culture, emanating from perceived average income of peers. Utilizing unique information from a household survey, representative of the...
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There is widespread disagreement about the role of housing wealth in explaining consumption. This paper exploits liquid and illiquid wealth time series from household balance sheet data for South Africa, previously constructed by the authors, to explain fluctuations in the ratios of consumption...
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Labour's share of GDP in most OECD countries has declined over the last two decades. Some authors have suggested that these changes are linked to deregulation of product and labour markets. To examine this we focus on a large quasi-experiment in the OECD: the privatization of many network...
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