econ*2100 week 2 – lecture 2
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ECON*2100 Week 2 – Lecture 2. The Solow Growth Model. After Smith. Industrial revolution in 1800s, invention of steam engine Various writers recognized that investment and capital formation mattered - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ECON*2100Week 2 – Lecture 2
The Solow Growth Model
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After Smith
• Industrial revolution in 1800s, invention of steam engine
• Various writers recognized that investment and capital formation mattered
• 1930s: Keynes argued that increasing Aggregate Demand and consumption were necessary to achieve growth
• 1950s: Solow argued that savings, not consumption, drives growth
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Basic set-up
• Production function Y = f(L, K)
• Re-express in per-worker termsY/L = f(K/L)
y = f(k)
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Savings
• Each period, output is either for consumption or investment
y = c + i
• Also, income is either consumed or saved• Savings fraction = s
C = (1-s)Yc = (1-s)y
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Savings = Investment
c = (1-s)yy = (1-s)y + iy = y – sy + iy – y + sy = i
→ i = sy = s f(k)∙
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Savings = Investment
• i = s f(k)∙
• Now add depreciation: d k∙
d k∙
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Steady State
• Change in capital each period∆k = i - d k∙
• Steady state: ∆k = 0
• So in steady state, i = d k∙
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Steady State
• Graphically:
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Steady State
• Enlarge lower part:
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Steady State
• Graphically:
consumption
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Optimal growth
• Go to the level of capital per worker that maximizes consumption– Too little investment means low productivity– Too much means excess savings
y = c + ic = y – i
c = f(k) – s f(k)∙
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Optimal growth
c = f(k) – s f(k)∙
c = f(k) – d k∙
Maximize this where
f'(k) – d
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Implications
• Economies grow through savings• Amount of capital per worker is key to growth• Low-income countries should grow rapidly
compared to high-income countries• Growth ends at a steady state level of capital
per worker and per-capita income
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Population Growth