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Romer Meets Kongsamut-Rebelo-Xie in a Nonbalanced Growth Model

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  • Li, Shunhan
  • Wang, Gaowang
  • Wang, Jin

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By introducing Romer (1990)'s endogenous technological change into the multisector growth model developed by Kongsamut, Rebelo and Xie (2001), the paper shows that human capital speeds up economic growth and structural changes in the multisector economy qualitatively and quantitatively.

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  • Li, Shunhan & Wang, Gaowang & Wang, Jin, 2018. "Romer Meets Kongsamut-Rebelo-Xie in a Nonbalanced Growth Model," MPRA Paper 87582, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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