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The volatility of consumption and output with increasing industrialization

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  • Gomme, Paul
  • Zhao, Yan

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Consumption is more volatile than output in developing countries while it is less volatile than output in developed economies. This paper shows that the relatively large home sector in developing economies contributes to this difference, and the driving force for this difference is technology. Thus this paper suggests that volatile market consumption is almost inevitable at the start of industrialization, when the technology level in the market sector is just above that of the home sector.

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  • Gomme, Paul & Zhao, Yan, 2010. "The volatility of consumption and output with increasing industrialization," MPRA Paper 33721, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 17 Aug 2011.
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    Keywords

    Consumption volatility; Industralization;

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    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth

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