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Wealth accumulation and economic progress

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  • Robert U. Ayres

    (INSEAD, The European Institute of Business Administration, Boulevard de Constance, F-99305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France)

  • Katalin Martina, s

    (ELTE, Budapest, Hungary)

Abstract

In an evolutionary dynamic economic theory the accumulation of durable goods (i.e., wealth) is a key feature. Here we show that the wealth of individual economic agents can be measured by the progress function (PF). PF is a function of goods and money under straightforward assumptions, notably the `no-loss' rule for transactions. We derive explicit formulae for wealth from the PF. We also show how the compatibility of the PF and the neoclassical economics deriving the conventional utility functions from the PF.

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  • Robert U. Ayres & Katalin Martina, s, 1996. "Wealth accumulation and economic progress," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 6(4), pages 347-359.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joevec:v:6:y:1996:i:4:p:347-359
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