Policy Variability and Economic Growth

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Policy Variability and Economic Growth

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Hopenhayn, Hugo A
Muniagurria, Maria E

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Hugo A. Hopenhayn

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This paper explores the effect of policy variability (or frequency of regime switching) on economic growth and welfare. The authors study a one-sector growth model where investment can be subsidized at either a positive rate or not subsidized at all. They find that the lack of persistence in policies per se need not be welfare reducing and that it is likely to decrease growth. Higher variability implies more frequent changes in consumption and investment. But, by creating a stronger intertemporal link across regimes, variability reduces the fluctuation in investment rates, thus decreasing the magnitude of changes in consumption and increasing welfare. Copyright 1996 by The Review of Economic Studies Limited.

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Volume (Year): 63 (1996)
Issue (Month): 4 (October)
Pages: 611-25
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- Hugo A. Hopenhayn & Maria E. Muniagurría, 1993. "Policy Variability and Economic Growth," Economics Working Papers 30, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Hopenhayn, H. & Maniagurria, M.E., 1996. "Policy Variability and Economic Growth," RCER Working Papers 422, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER).

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