Steady-State Growth and the Elasticity of Substitution

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In a neoclassical economy with endogenous capital- and labor-augmenting technical change the steady-state growth rate of output per worker is shown to increase in the elasticity of substitution between capital and labor. This confirms the assessment of Klump and de La Grandville (2000) that the elasticity of substitution is a powerful engine of economic growth. However, unlike their findings my result applies to the steady-state growth rate. Moreover, it does not hinge on particular assumptions on how aggregate savings come about. It holds for any household sector allowing savings to grow at the same rate as aggregate output.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Discussion Paper Series ; No. 496

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: Capital Accumulation ; Elasticity of Substitution ; Direction of Technical Change ; Neoclassical Growth Model ; Neoklassisches Wachstumsmodell ; Wachstumstheorie ; Faktorsubstitution ; Substitutionselastizität ; Investition ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Theorie

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Irmen, Andreas
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
• (wo): Heidelberg
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.11588/heidok.00010438
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/127312
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-104381
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ