Date: 2007
Type: Working Paper
Endogenous Growth through Selection and Imitation
Working Paper, EUI ECO, 2007/26
GABLER, Alain, LICANDRO, Omar, Endogenous Growth through Selection and Imitation, EUI ECO, 2007/26 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/7166
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A simple dynamic general equilibrium model is set up in which firms face
idiosyncratic productivity shocks. Firms whose productivity has fallen too
low exit, and entrants try to imitate the best practice of existing firms, so
that the expected productivity of entering firms is a function of current av-
erage productivity. Because of the resulting selection and imitation process,
aggregate productivity grows endogenously. When calibrated to U.S. data,
the model suggests that around one-fifth of productivity growth is due to
such a selection and imitation effect.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/7166
ISSN: 1725-6704
Series/Number: EUI ECO; 2007/26
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): B52 O3 O41 Endogenous growth Selection Imitation Firm entry and exit