On the Golden Rule of capital accumulation under endogenous longevity

David de la Croix and Gregory Ponthiere

No 2008049, LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: This note derives the Golden Rule of capital accumulation in a Chakraborty-type economy, i.e. a two-period OLG economy where longevity is endogenous. It is shown that the capital per worker maximizing steady-state consumption per head is inferior to the Golden Rule capital level prevailing under exogenous longevity. We characterize also the Lifetime Golden Rule, that is, the capital per worker maximizing steady-state expected lifetime consumption per head, and show that this tends to exceed the standard Golden Rule capital level.

Keywords: Golden Rule; longevity; OLG models. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E13 E21 E22 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-08-01
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