Convergence, financial development, and policy analysis

B-Tier
Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 2020
Volume: 69
Issue: 3
Pages: 523-568

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Abstract We study the relationship among inflation, economic growth, and financial development in a Schumpeterian overlapping generations model with credit constraints. In the baseline case, money is super-neutral. When the financial development exceeds some critical level, the economy catches up and then converges to the growth rate of the world technology frontier. Otherwise, the economy converges to a poverty trap with a growth rate lower than the frontier and with inflation decreasing with the level of financial development. We then study efficient allocation and identify the sources of inefficiency in a market equilibrium. We show that a particular combination of monetary and fiscal policies can make a market equilibrium attain the efficient allocation.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:69:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1007_s00199-019-01181-z
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25