Wealth distribution and the underdevelopment trap

Hiroto Takahashi

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2004, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-21

Abstract: This paper shows the possibility of the underdevelopment trap with its associated wealth distribution. The poor face borrowing constraints when they decide to finance their investment. This makes them unable to invest in large high-productivity technology, and only allows them to invest in small low-productivity technology. There are at least two steady states in which the interest rate and wealth distribution are endogenously determined. In one steady state, all agents receive an identical and high level of wealth, and in another steady state the distribution of wealth polarizes to two levels. The per capita average level of wealth and income is higher in the former steady state than in the latter one.

Keywords: Distribution of wealth; trickle down; underdevelopment trap (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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