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-homothetic preferences in a general-equilibrium model of endogenous growth and international trade between two countries, and argue that the … inequality across countries. We find that if inequality across countries is low, the extensive margin of trade between countries … is high whereas the world growth rate is low. The introduction of non-homothetic preferences rises a number of …
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-homothetic preferences in a general-equilibrium model of endogenous growth and international trade between two countries, and argue that the … inequality across countries. We find that if inequality across countries is low, the extensive margin of trade between countries … is high whereas the world growth rate is low. The introduction of non-homothetic preferences rises a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105566
-homothetic preferences in a general-equilibrium model of endogenous growth and international trade between two countries, and argue that the … inequality across countries. We find that if inequality across countries is low, the extensive margin of trade between countries … is high whereas the world growth rate is low. The introduction of non-homothetic preferences rises a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817276
and market size effects. The inequality–growth relationship depends on how mass production affects productivity; and on …We study a model of growth and mass production. Firms undertake either product innovations that introduce new luxury … more narrow range of low-quality mass products. In this framework, inequality affects the composition of R&D through price …
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strong incentives for product innovations (new luxuries). We show that the inequality-growth relationship depends on which …We study a model of endogenous growth where firms invest both in product and process innovations. Product innovations … balanced growth path. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270070
strong incentives for product innovations (new luxuries). We show that the inequality-growth relationship depends on which …We study a model of endogenous growth where firms invest both in product and process innovations. Product innovations … balanced growth path. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008474158
strong incentives for product innovations (new luxuries). We show that the inequality-growth relationship depends on which …We study a model of endogenous growth where firms invest both in product and process innovations. Product innovations … balanced growth path. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502580
Typically, economics assumes that property rights over productive resources or goods are perfectly defined and costlessly enforced. The costs of insecurity and the resultant conflict are, however, real and often economically significant. In this paper, we examine how international trade regimes...
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We examine how inequality and openness interact in shaping the long-run growth prospects of developing countries. To …. We show that inequality affects growth very differently in an open economy as opposed to a closed economy: If the economy … is close to the technological frontier, the positive demand effect of inequality on growth found in closed-economy models …
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Empirical evidence shows that R&D spending is highly correlated with firm productivity, highly concentrated among large firms, and responsive to trade liberalization. This paper develops a model of product upgrading with heterogeneous firms that captures these characteristics by allowing firms...
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