Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5100945 | Journal of International Economics | 2017 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
This paper theoretically shows that shifts in production from developed countries (the North) to developing countries (the South) through imitation by the South can cause endogenous growth cycles. On the equilibrium path, the world economy continues to grow, but innovation, imitation, and the growth rate may permanently fluctuate. To show this, we construct a two-country overlapping generations model where the North develops new goods and the South imitates these goods endogenously. A key assumption is international knowledge spillover in the imitation process. The model implies that growth cycles tend to emerge when imitation in the South is more active.
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Authors
Tatsuro Iwaisako, Hitoshi Tanaka,