Sustainable growth and financial markets in a natural resource-rich country

Emma Hooper
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Emma Hooper: AMSE - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LABEX ReFi - Laboratory of Excellence for Financial Regulation - UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11

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Abstract: This paper studies the optimal growth path of a natural resource-rich country, which can borrow from international financial markets. I explore to what extent international borrowing can overcome resource scarcity in a small open economy, in order to have sustainable growth. First, a benchmark model with a constant interest rate and technical progress is set up to see if the economy's growth can be sustainable in the long run. Secondly, the case of a debt elastic interest rate is analysed. The main finding of this paper is that borrowing on international capital markets does not permit sustainable growth for a country with exhaustible natural resources, when the interest rate is constant. Nevertheless, when the interest rate is endogenized, the consumption growth rate can be positive before declining.

Keywords: Exhaustible natural resources; Exogenous growth; Financial markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-12
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Published in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2019, 51, pp.341-348. ⟨10.1016/j.strueco.2018.11.007⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2018.11.007

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