Multiple Equilibrium, Variability, and the Development Process

By Luis Carranza, José Enrique Galdón-Sánchez

April 1, 1998

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Luis Carranza, and José Enrique Galdón-Sánchez. Multiple Equilibrium, Variability, and the Development Process, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed September 20, 2024

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Summary

Per capita output is more volatile in middle-income economies than in both low-income and high-income economies. We examine this pattern in a two-period overlapping generations model with two productive sectors (a developed sector and a subsistence sector) and a credit sector. In the early and mature stages of development, there is a unique equilibrium, because labor and credit markets are cleared by a unique set of prices. In the middle stages of development, however, the model shows that markets can be cleared by a multiple set of prices. This multiplicity of equilibria arises as productive externalities are reflected in credit markets.

Subject: Credit, Labor markets, Self-employment, Technology, Wages

Keywords: Interest rate, Open economy, Production function, WP

Publication Details

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28
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Working Paper No. 1998/062
Stock No:

WPIEA0621998
ISBN:

9781451848267
ISSN:

1018-5941

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