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... The medium-term growth outlook for the next 3 to 5 years stayed, at 2.5 percent (p.a.), exactly at the same value reported one year ago, compared with around 3 percent in the longer term average (see Table 1). A moderate growth outlook (1.5 percent) is particularly pronounced in Western Europe, whic ...
... The medium-term growth outlook for the next 3 to 5 years stayed, at 2.5 percent (p.a.), exactly at the same value reported one year ago, compared with around 3 percent in the longer term average (see Table 1). A moderate growth outlook (1.5 percent) is particularly pronounced in Western Europe, whic ...
A Neo-Darwinian Foundation of Evolutionary Economics. With an
... A couple of recent survey articles concerning evolutionary economics emphasize that an agreement on the explanation of economic evolution is still missing (see i.a. Hodgson 1996, p. 699; Fagerberg 2003, p. 127; Witt 2004, pp. 125; 2008, p. 547). But there is an almost common consent in that the dire ...
... A couple of recent survey articles concerning evolutionary economics emphasize that an agreement on the explanation of economic evolution is still missing (see i.a. Hodgson 1996, p. 699; Fagerberg 2003, p. 127; Witt 2004, pp. 125; 2008, p. 547). But there is an almost common consent in that the dire ...
STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN
... The first relates to the need to differentiate between factors that play a direct role in generating changes in the momentum of economic growth vs. those that are essential for growth to take place but that do not play a direct role in determining such variations. This differentiation has been subje ...
... The first relates to the need to differentiate between factors that play a direct role in generating changes in the momentum of economic growth vs. those that are essential for growth to take place but that do not play a direct role in determining such variations. This differentiation has been subje ...
Chapter 2: Economic Growth in the Twentieth
... in the production of goods and services (and therefore growth in the standard of living) in human experience. For the United States, the standard of living of the average person is now many times greater than it was a century ago. In this chapter, we will examine this experience is greater detail. F ...
... in the production of goods and services (and therefore growth in the standard of living) in human experience. For the United States, the standard of living of the average person is now many times greater than it was a century ago. In this chapter, we will examine this experience is greater detail. F ...
Guided Reading Activities
... sumers and privately owned businesses, rather than government, make the majority of economic decisions. It provides , which is the an understanding of a number of factors that have a bearing on our 13 quality of life based on the possession of the necessities and luxuries that make life easier. ...
... sumers and privately owned businesses, rather than government, make the majority of economic decisions. It provides , which is the an understanding of a number of factors that have a bearing on our 13 quality of life based on the possession of the necessities and luxuries that make life easier. ...
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... • But factor prices are not really equal across countries. • The model predicts that trading countries produce the same goods, so that prices for those goods can equalize, but countries may produce different goods. • The model assumes that trading countries have the ...
... • But factor prices are not really equal across countries. • The model predicts that trading countries produce the same goods, so that prices for those goods can equalize, but countries may produce different goods. • The model assumes that trading countries have the ...
Chapter 4 Resources and Trade: The Heckscher
... • But factor prices are not really equal across countries. • The model predicts that trading countries produce the same goods, so that prices for those goods can equalize, but countries may produce different goods. • The model assumes that trading countries have the ...
... • But factor prices are not really equal across countries. • The model predicts that trading countries produce the same goods, so that prices for those goods can equalize, but countries may produce different goods. • The model assumes that trading countries have the ...
Inflation and growth: Explaining a negative effect
... The model-based explanation is that inflation lowers the rate of return on capital, both human and physical. Ever since the Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans theory endogenized the savings rate of the Solow model by using utility optimization, the growth rate has depended on one variable: the rate of return to ca ...
... The model-based explanation is that inflation lowers the rate of return on capital, both human and physical. Ever since the Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans theory endogenized the savings rate of the Solow model by using utility optimization, the growth rate has depended on one variable: the rate of return to ca ...
Learning Regions as Development Coalitions: Partnership as
... process, and as a process of interactive learning between firms and their environment (Lundvall 1992, Smith 1994). This alternative model could be referred to as a bottom-up interactive innovation model (Asheim and Isaksen 1997). The interactive innovation model puts emphasis on “the plurality of ty ...
... process, and as a process of interactive learning between firms and their environment (Lundvall 1992, Smith 1994). This alternative model could be referred to as a bottom-up interactive innovation model (Asheim and Isaksen 1997). The interactive innovation model puts emphasis on “the plurality of ty ...
Learning Regions as Development Coalitions: Partnership as
... process, and as a process of interactive learning between firms and their environment (Lundvall 1992, Smith 1994). This alternative model could be referred to as a bottom-up interactive innovation model (Asheim and Isaksen 1997). The interactive innovation model puts emphasis on “the plurality of ty ...
... process, and as a process of interactive learning between firms and their environment (Lundvall 1992, Smith 1994). This alternative model could be referred to as a bottom-up interactive innovation model (Asheim and Isaksen 1997). The interactive innovation model puts emphasis on “the plurality of ty ...
Economic Growth II: Technology, Empirics, and
... Our first task is to make the Solow model more general and realistic. In Chapter 3 we saw that capital, labor, and technology are the key determinants of a nation’s production of goods and services. In Chapter 7 we developed the Solow model to show how changes in capital (through saving and investme ...
... Our first task is to make the Solow model more general and realistic. In Chapter 3 we saw that capital, labor, and technology are the key determinants of a nation’s production of goods and services. In Chapter 7 we developed the Solow model to show how changes in capital (through saving and investme ...
plantations and regional development
... activity of the export sector can be broken down into three linkage effects: backward linkage, forward linkage, and what shall we call as the final demand linkage. Backward linkage includes the investments to the intermediary inputs, which are mainly for the expansion of the export base. The theory ...
... activity of the export sector can be broken down into three linkage effects: backward linkage, forward linkage, and what shall we call as the final demand linkage. Backward linkage includes the investments to the intermediary inputs, which are mainly for the expansion of the export base. The theory ...
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... “endogenous growth theories”, in contrast, seek to take this variable into account by relating it with the decisions of the economic agents on investment in technology. By doing this, they arrive at results which, like the earliest ECLAC approach, allow for possible systemic divergences between the ...
... “endogenous growth theories”, in contrast, seek to take this variable into account by relating it with the decisions of the economic agents on investment in technology. By doing this, they arrive at results which, like the earliest ECLAC approach, allow for possible systemic divergences between the ...
Figure 2. Growth differences between GDP and production
... very high growth rates they do not contribute by much, because the total number of vehicle kilometres with this type of commodity is limited (the values range from -0.04 to 0.20). The detailed commodity results are shown in Figure 4, where it must be remembered that the growth rates are weighed by t ...
... very high growth rates they do not contribute by much, because the total number of vehicle kilometres with this type of commodity is limited (the values range from -0.04 to 0.20). The detailed commodity results are shown in Figure 4, where it must be remembered that the growth rates are weighed by t ...
Mankiw 6e PowerPoints
... The real price of computer power has fallen an average of 30% per year over the past three decades. Percentage of U.S. households with ≥ 1 computers: 8% in 1984, 62% in 2003 1981: 213 computers connected to the Internet 2000: 60 million computers connected to the Internet 2001: iPod capacity = 5gb, ...
... The real price of computer power has fallen an average of 30% per year over the past three decades. Percentage of U.S. households with ≥ 1 computers: 8% in 1984, 62% in 2003 1981: 213 computers connected to the Internet 2000: 60 million computers connected to the Internet 2001: iPod capacity = 5gb, ...
Final Remarks
... when investment accelerates. Indeed, “in some sectors of Department II the supply of consumption goods may be elastic and in some it is rigid. An important instance of this situation in underdeveloped countries is the case where the supply of industrial consumption goods is elastic because considera ...
... when investment accelerates. Indeed, “in some sectors of Department II the supply of consumption goods may be elastic and in some it is rigid. An important instance of this situation in underdeveloped countries is the case where the supply of industrial consumption goods is elastic because considera ...
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... consequence for the accumulation of productive assets and for the dynamics of their productivity too. Indeed Nelson and Pack (1999) and others have shown that it has been of considerable importance for the sustainability of their growth pattern that significant changes in the production pattern occ ...
... consequence for the accumulation of productive assets and for the dynamics of their productivity too. Indeed Nelson and Pack (1999) and others have shown that it has been of considerable importance for the sustainability of their growth pattern that significant changes in the production pattern occ ...
An alternative approach to measuring the output gap
... function containing consumption and leisure. A decision between immediate consumption and consumption in the future, i.e. savings, is subject to budget constraints. A decision whether to work or enjoy free time depends on the amount of real wage. Firms produce a differentiated product by production ...
... function containing consumption and leisure. A decision between immediate consumption and consumption in the future, i.e. savings, is subject to budget constraints. A decision whether to work or enjoy free time depends on the amount of real wage. Firms produce a differentiated product by production ...
"Business Cycle Fluctuations and the Life Cycle: How Important is On-the-Job Skill Accumulation? with Selahattin Imrohoroglu
... All three economies are calibrated so that the steady state values for the age-speci…c wage parameters are identical. We …nd that introducing OJT gives steady state and business cycle properties that are essentially identical to the case without skill accumulation. LBD, on the other hand, a¤ects bot ...
... All three economies are calibrated so that the steady state values for the age-speci…c wage parameters are identical. We …nd that introducing OJT gives steady state and business cycle properties that are essentially identical to the case without skill accumulation. LBD, on the other hand, a¤ects bot ...
