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Stability Properties in a Growth Model

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  • Waldmann, R.

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The inclusion of a labour/leisure choice in endogenous growth models has interesting and somewhat counter-intuitive effects. In existing one sector models, a condition for indeterminacy is that labour demand is upward-sloping, which is difficult to reconcile with the evidence. In this paper we give conditions for indeterminacy in a one sector model with decreasing returns to labour. We show that this requires that consumption and leisure are both highly intertemporally substitutable while the factors of production are highly complementary.

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  • Pelloni, A. & Waldmann, R., 1997. "Stability Properties in a Growth Model," Economics Working Papers eco97/11, European University Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:eui:euiwps:eco97/11
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    Keywords

    CONSUMPTION ; INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE;

    JEL classification:

    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making

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