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On the sustainability of maximizing GDP Growth

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Sparked by Baumol’s revenue- versus profit-maximizing models of the firm, this paper using a growth model shows that if a nation seeks GDP-maximizing growth with capital expansion as driving force, the model could work only under the assumption that the consumers’ aversion to under-consumption, an unavoidable consequence of over-investment, remains constant, and the effects of under-consumption are not accumulative. Otherwise, it has to decelerate growth and ultimately converges to the neoclassical growth model with consumption optimality. The empirical evidence on growth models of ex-Soviet Union, China and Eastern Asia are examined to explore the extent to which the model captures the real world.

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  • He, Yong, 2018. "On the sustainability of maximizing GDP Growth," MPRA Paper 88549, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    GDP-maximizing growth; under-consumption effects; transition between steady states; sustainability; Chinese model.;
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    JEL classification:

    • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • O50 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - General

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