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GROWTH AND CONVERGENCE THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL INTERDEPENDENCE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2020
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This paper presents a multi-country version of the Ramsey growth model with cross-country technological interdependence. The results rationalize several stylized facts about growth and convergence. First, individual countries tend to converge toward country-specific balanced growth paths rather than steady-state equilibria. Second, an economy that accounts for a smaller share of the world technology distribution harnesses the “advantages of backwardness” to catch up at a faster speed. Third, countries grow at different rates during the phase of transitional dynamics. However, technological interdependence creates a force toward cross-country convergence in the growth rate and stability of world income distribution in the long run. Finally, cross-country differences in structural characteristics and initial conditions lead to divergences in the level of income per capita.
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We are grateful to the detailed comments and advice of William Barnett (the editor), Oded Galor (the coeditor), and anonymous referees. We also thank Angus Chu, James Madison, and participants at: 2018 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (Seoul), 2019 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (Xiamen), 2019 Econometric Society Australasian Meeting (Perth), 2019 China International Conference in Macroeconomics (Shenzhen), and various seminars for helpful comments. The usual disclaimer applies.
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