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The Dynamics of the Romer R&D Growth Model with Quality Upgrading

Lutz Arnold () and Wolfgang Kornprobst

No 413, University of Regensburg Working Papers in Business, Economics and Management Information Systems from University of Regensburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper replaces increasing product variety with quality upgrading in the Romer (1990) model. We show that the range of parameters for which a steady state exists can be divided into two subspaces with well-behaved comparative statics and saddle-point dynamics in one subspace, but with "perverse" comparative-statics properties and either equilibrium indeterminacy or instability in the other subspace. In the latter subspace, a parameter change possibly leads to a Hopf bifurcation. Using a theorem in Arnold (in press), these results for the closed economy can also be used to characterize the dynamics of the M-country open-economy version of the model. Diese Arbeit ersetzt zunehmende Produktvielfalt durch Qualitätsverbesserungen im Romer-Modell (Romer, 1990). Wir zeigen, dass es zwei Parameterbereiche gibt, in denen steady states existieren. Ein Teilbereich hat eine normale komparative Statik und Sattelpunkt-Stabilität. Der andere hingegen eine "verdrehte" komparative Statik und entweder Indeterminiertheit oder Instabilität. In diesem Bereich kann es durch eine Änderung von Parametern zu einer Hopf Bifurkation kommen. Mit einem Theorem aus Arnold (2006) können diese Ergebnisse aus der geschlossenen Volkswirtschaft auf die offene Volkswirtschaft übertragen werden und die Dynamik eines M-Länder-Modells charakterisiert werden.

Keywords: Wachstumstheorie / Endogenes Wirtschaftswachstum; Dynamische Stabilität; Wachstumstheorie; endogenous growth; transitional dynamics; indeterminacy; open economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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