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dc.contributor.authorKleinert, Barbaraen
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-05T07:11:38Z-
dc.date.available2011-09-05T07:11:38Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/49163-
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies product obsolescence, the entry and exit of firms, and the evolution of firm size as foundation of endogenous economic growth. I develop a dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogenous firms to analyze firm behavior in an economic environment that is characterized by a growing knowledge base. It uses a simple mechanism of knowledge diffusion that induces growth of the general knowledge base. The growing knowledge base forces small firms using the least knowledge intensive production processes to leave the economy, since competition from new entrants is tougher, since they developed their products starting from a larger knowledge base. Exiting firms are found to be smaller and less productive than survivors. Another main insight of the model is the evolution of a cohort's firm size distribution.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft |xKiel und Hamburgen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aBeiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2011: Die Ordnung der Weltwirtschaft: Lektionen aus der Krise - Session: Endogenous Growth Theory |xA17-V3en
dc.subject.jelO40en
dc.subject.jelL11en
dc.subject.jelO30en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordeconomic growthen
dc.subject.keywordproduct obsolescenceen
dc.subject.keywordfirm dynamicsen
dc.subject.keywordfirm size distributionen
dc.titleBecoming obsolete: Bankruptcy through technological progress-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn671637606en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:vfsc11:49163en

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