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A generalized steady-state growth theorem

Irmen, Andreas - 2013 - This Version: November 8, 2013

Uzawaś steady-state growth theorem (Uzawa (1961)) is generalized to a neoclassical economy that uses current output, e. g., to create technical progress or to manufacture intermediates. The difference between aggregate final-good production and these resources is referred to as net output. The...

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Investment in productivity and the long-run effect of financial crises in output

Ridder, Maarten de - 2016

This paper analyzes the channels through which financial crises exert long-term negative effects on output. Recent models suggest that a shortfall in productivity-enhancing investments temporarily slows technological progress, creating a gap between pre-crisis trend and actual GDP. This...

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Capital-skill complementarity and the emergence of labor emancipation

Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Galor, Oded; … - 2017

This paper advances a novel hypothesis regarding the historical roots of labor emancipation. It argues that the decline of coercive labor institutions in the industrial phase of development has been an inevitable by-product of the intensification of capital-skill complementarity in the...

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Essential inputs and unbounded output : an alternative characterization of the neoclassical production function

Irmen, Andreas; Maußner, Alfred - 2014 - This Version: November 28, 2014

The Inada (1963) conditions constitute a defining property of the neoclassical production function with capital and labor as arguments. Are these conditions justifiable on economic grounds? Yes, they are: we show that a production function with positive, yet diminishing marginal products and...

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A Schumpeterian vintage capital model : an attempt at synthesis

Boucekkine, Raouf; Río Iglesias, Fernando del; … - 2000

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Venture capital backed growth

Keuschnigg, Christian - 2002

The paper proposes a simple equilibrium model of venture capital, entrepreneurship and innovation. Venture capitalists not only finance but also advise start-up entrepreneurs and thereby add value to new firms. The paper demonstrates how a productive and active VC industry boosts innovation...

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Growth and trade with frictions : a structural estimation framework

Anderson, James E.; Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2015

We build and estimate a structural dynamic general equilibrium model of growth and trade. Trade affects growth through changes in consumer and producer prices that in turn stimulate or impede physical capital accumulation. At the same time, growth affects trade, directly through changes in...

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What explains fertility? : evidence from Italian pension reforms

Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo - 2009

predicts lower future pensions to reduce fertility, while the "old-age securityʺ to increase it. Our empirical analysis … identifies a clear and robust positive effect of less generous future pensions on post-reform fertility. These findings are … consistent with "old-age securityʺ even for contemporary fertility.-- old-age security ; public pension systems ; fertility …

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R&D investment under financing constraints

Giebel, Marek; Kraft, Kornelius - 2020

This paper tests for the sensitivity of R&D to financing constraints conditional on restrictions in external financing. Financing constraints of firms are identified by an exogenously calculated rating index. Restrictions in external financing are determined by (i) the specific time period...

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Technological progress and investment : microeconomic foundations and macroeconomic implications

Boucekkine, Raouf; Cruz, Bruno de Oliveira - 2015

This paper presents a non-technical overview of the recent investment literature with a special emphasis on the connection between technological progress and the investment decision. First of all, we acknowledge that some dramatic advances have been made in the 1990s in understanding and...

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