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Structural economic dynamics: an alternative approach to North--South models

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  • Ricardo Azevedo Araujo
  • Joanílio Rodolpho Teixeira

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This paper isolates the mechanisms responsible for the difficulties facing poor regions in growing faster than rich ones. The analysis of uneven development is carried out in a framework where changes in demand composition are consistent with Engel's Law. The standpoint of the analysis is the interaction between technical progress--which produces responses in per capita income--and changes of per capita consumption. The paper focuses on one case in which preferences are homothetic and there is capital dependence, showing that the latter assumption is sufficient to explain the inequalities between poor and rich regions. When dealing with the case of non-homothetic tastes, adverse movements in the terms of trade and the international demonstration effect, which are both due to the inelastic demand for goods produced by poor regions, are the mechanisms responsible for uneven development. Copyright 2004, Oxford University Press.

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  • Ricardo Azevedo Araujo & Joanílio Rodolpho Teixeira, 2004. "Structural economic dynamics: an alternative approach to North--South models," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 28(5), pages 705-717, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:28:y:2004:i:5:p:705-717
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    5. Araujo, Ricardo Azevedo & Teixeira, Joanílio Rodolpho, 2010. "Investment Specific Technological Progress and Structural Change," MPRA Paper 46079, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Araujo, Ricardo Azevedo & Teixeira, Joanilio Rodolpho, 2010. "Structural Change and Macrodynamic Capabilities," MPRA Paper 30381, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    7. Marwil J. Dávila‐Fernández & Serena Sordi, 2024. "Thirlwall's law: Binding constraint or ‘centre‐of‐gravity’?," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 75(1), pages 52-82, February.
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    9. Ricardo Azevedo Araujo & Gilberto Tadeu Lima, 2007. "A structural economic dynamics approach to balance-of-payments-constrained growth," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 31(5), pages 755-774, September.
    10. Costa, Leopoldo & Teixeira, Joanilio Rodolpho, 2018. "Structural change with different consumption profiles in a pure labour economy," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 28-34.
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