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Animal Spirits Meets Creative Destruction

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  • Francois, P.

    (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research)

  • Lloyd-Ellis, H.

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We show how a Schumpeterian process of creative destruction can induce rational, herd-behavior by entrepreneurs across diverse sectors of the economy that may look like it is fuelled by ``animal spirits''. Consequently, a multi-sector economy, in which sector-specific, productivity improvements are made by independent, profit-seeking entrepreneurs, can exhibit regular booms, slowdowns and downturns as an inherent part of the long-run growth process. The cyclical equilibrium that we study has a higher average growth rate but lower welfare than the corresponding acyclical one. We find that the cycles generated by our model exhibit several features of actual business cycles, and that across cycling economies, a negative relationship emerges between volatility and growth. Nous montrons comment un processus de destruction créatrice Schumpeterien peut entraîner un comportement rationnel de masse ('moutonnier') des entrepreneurs à travers les différents secteurs de l'économie, un comportement qui peut apparaître comme provenant d'effets non fondamentaux ('esprits animaliers'). En conséquence, une économie avec des secteurs multiples dans laquelle les améliorations de productivité sont apportées par des entrepreneurs in-dépendants cherchant un profit peut être caractérisée par des expansions, des ralentissements et des baisses de façon régulière tout en étant une partie intégrante du processus de croissance à long terme. L'équilibre cyclique que nous étudions possède certes un taux de croissance moyen supérieur mais également un niveau de bien-être inférieur par rapport à l'équilibre acyclique correspondant. Nous trouvons que les cycles générés par notre modèle présentent plusieurs caractéristiques des cycles économiques observés dans les données et qu'une relation négative émerge entre la volatilité et la croissance parmis les économies caractérisées par des cycles.
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  • Francois, P. & Lloyd-Ellis, H., 2001. "Animal Spirits Meets Creative Destruction," Discussion Paper 2001-36, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
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    • E0 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General
    • E3 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

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