Total factor productivity by imitative behavior

Autores

  • Elvio Accinelli Facultad de Economia, UASLP México
  • Edgar Carrera Facultad de Economía, UASLP México

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Economic welfare is the level of prosperity and quality of living standards in an economy, and it can be measured through a variety of factors such as GDP --total factor productivity-- and other indicators which reflect welfare of the population. We study the determinants of total factor productivity
(TFP) growth and economic development in a model where technological progress is driven by the imitative behavior of economic agents in their decisions of whether to upgrade their human capital and/or the technology.
An imitation function is postulated whereby the social prevalence of a behavior (skill and/or technological upgrading) increases the probability that the sam behavior spreads further in the population. We show that the process of TFP growth and thus of economic growth is self-promoting but poverty traps can arise

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Biografia do Autor

Elvio Accinelli, Facultad de Economia, UASLP México

Formación en matematica por la Fcultad de Ciencias dela Universidad dela Reública - Uruguay

Dr. en Ciencias por el IMPA

Aresas de interes: Equilibrio General, toeria de juegos, economia matematica

Edgar Carrera, Facultad de Economía, UASLP México

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2012-06-29

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