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Something out of nothing? : Neoclassical growth and the "Trivial" steady State

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dc.creator Hakenes, Hendrik
dc.creator Irmen, Andreas
dc.date 2006
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:03:05Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:03:05Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19135
dc.identifier ppn:510023029
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19135
dc.description A common perception about the neoclassical growth model is that an economy devoid of capital cannot evolve to strictly positive levels of output if capital is essential. We challenge this view by positing a broad class of production functions, encompassing the neoclassical production function, that?surprisingly?show that a take-off is possible even though the initial capital stock is zero and capital is essential. Since the marginal product of capital is initially infinite, the ?trivial? steady state becomes so unstable that the solution to the equation of motion involves the possibility of a take-off. When it happens, the take-off is spontaneous: there is no causality, not even randomness.
dc.language eng
dc.relation CESifo working papers 1671
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject O11
dc.subject N6
dc.subject O41
dc.subject O14
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject capital accumulation
dc.subject neoclassical growth model
dc.subject Wachstumstheorie
dc.subject Neoklassik
dc.subject Investition
dc.subject Steady-State-Wachstum
dc.subject Theorie
dc.title Something out of nothing? : Neoclassical growth and the "Trivial" steady State
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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