Optimal Growth and Impatience: A Phase Diagram Analysis

Fwu-Ranq Chang

No 1359, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: In this paper we show that we can replace the assumption of constant discount rate in the one-sector optimal growth model with the assumption of decreasing marginal impatience without losing major properties of the model. In particular, we show that the steady state exists, is unique, and has a saddle-point property. All we need is to assume that the discount function is strictly decreasing, strictly convex and has a uniformly bounded first-derivative.

Keywords: recursive utility; decreasing marginal impatience; saddle point; bounded slope assumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 C62 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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