A behavioral-institutional model of endogenous growth and induced technical change

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Abstract

Technological change is modeled as endogenous in the sense that it is affected by economic, behavioral, and institutional variables. Technological change is especially affected by changes in relative input prices and their level, of which the price of labor is particularly important. Input prices are affected by institutional variables. Such prices also impact on the firm's efficiency, which in turn affects growth rates as well as the rate of technical change. As relative factor prices or their level increase, firms are induced to innovate or adopt extant technology to remain competitive or to maintain current profit rates. High wage firms can be expected to engage in such induced technological change, leading the growth process thereby yielding lower unit costs and increasing the level of material welfare. Relatively low wage economies can be locked into a state of economic inefficiency and laggard technological progress, especially in the long run.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)685-713
Number of pages29
JournalJournal of Economic Issues
Volume43
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2009

Keywords

  • Endogenous growth
  • High wage-led growth
  • Institutional change
  • Technical change
  • X-efficiency

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Business, Management and Accounting(all)
  • Economics and Econometrics

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