Two countries, Richland and Poorland, are described by the Solow growth model. They have the same CobbDouglas
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a. What is the per worker production function f(k)?
b. Solve for the ratio of Richland’s steady-state income per worker to Poorland’s.
c. If the Cobb–Douglas parameter a takes the conventional value of about one-third, how much higher should income per worker be in Richland compared to Poorland?
d. Income per worker in Richland is actually 16 times income per worker in Poorland. Can you explain this fact by changing the value of the parameter a? What must it be? Can you think of any way of justifying such a value for this parameter? How else might you explain the large difference in income between Richland and Poorland?
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ISBN: 978-1464168505
5th Canadian Edition
Authors: N. Gregory Mankiw, William M. Scarth
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