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Sustained Economic Growth and Physical Capital Taxation in a Creative Region

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  • Batabyal, Amitrajeet
  • Beladi, Hamid

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We study the properties of economic growth in a region that is driven by the activities of the so-called creative class. On the consumption side of our regional economy, we focus on an infinitely lived creative class household and on the production side of this same economy, we concentrate on a final good that is produced using creative and physical capital. In this setting, we first define and then characterize a competitive equilibrium for our regional economy. Second, we show that this competitive equilibrium is Pareto optimal. Third, we demonstrate that sustained growth in this regional economy is impossible when the value of a key parameter of the production function is less than or equal to unity. Fourth, we specify the conditions in our model that need to hold for there to be sustained economic growth. Fifth, we study what happens to the share of physical capital in our region’s total income. Finally, we analyze what happens to the asymptotic growth rate of physical capital and consumption when a regional authority taxes the returns from physical capital.

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  • Batabyal, Amitrajeet & Beladi, Hamid, 2022. "Sustained Economic Growth and Physical Capital Taxation in a Creative Region," MPRA Paper 113899, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 17 Jul 2022.
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    1. Amitrajeet A. Batabyal & Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp, 2019. "Using local public goods to attract and retain the creative class: A tale of two cities," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(3), pages 571-581, August.
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    Keywords

    Capital Tax; Creative Class; Economic Growth; Pareto Optimality; Sustained Growth;
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    JEL classification:

    • H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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