Can market power sustain endogenous growth in overlapping-generations economies?

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Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 2002
Volume: 20
Issue: 1
Pages: 199-205

Authors (2)

Rodolphe Dos Santos Ferreira (not in RePEc) Teresa Lloyd-Braga (Universidade Católica Portugue...)

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Abstract

Sustained endogenous growth is known to be impossible in OLG one-sector models without non-convexities and externalities, unless income is redistributed to the young generation. No redistribution proper is however necessary, as shown in two simple examples, if positive profits accruing to young monopolistic entrepreneurs can be sustained in equilibrium, and/or if young unionised workers can guarantee a non-vanishing share of aggregate income. In this context, market power appears, in two different forms, as a significant source of sustained endogenous growth.

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RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:20:y:2002:i:1:p:199-205
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25