Endogenous Growth and Time to Build: the AK Case

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Abstract

In this paper, a continuous time AK model is fully analyzed under the time-to-build assumption. The existence and uniqueness of a (real) balanced growth path as well as oscillatory convergence are proved. Transversality conditions and capital depreciation are highlighted. Moreover, it has been shown how the introduction of the time-to-build assumption supports some interesting empirical evidences such as the negative link between mean output growth and output growth volatility. Finally, numerical simulations are provided for different choices of the time-to-build delay in order to clarify the analytical results.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1015-1040
Number of pages26
JournalJournal of Economic Dynamics and Control
Volume32
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2008

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