ADVANCEDECONOMICSCHAPTER3汇.pptVIP

CHAPTER 3NEW GROWTH THEORY SOME BASIC INFORMATION (1)If r=f (k), and αk is modest, then capital accumulation cannot account for a large part of either long-run or cross-country income differences. (2)The effectiveness of labor (A) is the only determinant of income, whose behavior is taken as exogenous. (3)The effectiveness of labor (A) is explicitly interpreted as knowledge, and knowledge accumulation is endogenous. (4) Knowledge accumulation is probably central to worldwide growth. (5)Much of the variation in income across countries comes from differences in output for given amounts of p