Hypothesis of the S-Curve of Capital Accumulation and Its Implied Capital-Output Ratios

Hui Ying Sng
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Hui Ying Sng: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Chapter 4 in Economic Growth and Transition:Econometric Analysis of Lim's S-Curve Hypothesis, 2010, pp 71-105 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionHypothesis of the S-Curve of Capital AccumulationStage I: Low capital stock, low capital growthStage II: Middle capital stock, high capital growthStage III: High capital stock, low capital growthCapital-Output Ratios and Economic DevelopmentFactors influencing level of ICORRelationship between ICOR and ACORS-Curve of capital accumulation and its implied ICOR and ACORInternational Evidence on Capital Accumulation and Economic DevelopmentData sourceCapital level and output levelCapital growth and output growthACOR and economic developmentCapital Accumulation and Economic Development of SingaporeSingapore's S-Curve of capital accumulationSingapore's capital and economic developmentGranger causality between Singapore's capital accumulation and GDP growthSingapore's capital-output ratiosCapital Growth and Total Factor Productivity Growth of SingaporeConclusionAppendix 1. Constructing Singapore's Capital Stock DataAppendix 2. Difficulties in the Measurement of Incremental Capital-Output Ratio

Keywords: Economic Growth; Economic Transition; S-Curve Hypothesis; Technological Diffusion; Economic Convergence; Economic Divergence; Capital Accumulation; Capital Stock (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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