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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2013
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 42.2013
Verlag: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Zusammenfassung: 
The standard neoclassical growth model with Cobb-Douglas production predicts a monotonically declining saving rate, when reasonably calibrated. Ample empirical evidence, however, shows that the transition path of a country’s saving rate exhibits a rising or non-monotonic pattern. In important cases, hyperbolic discounting, which is empirically strongly supported, implies transitional dynamics of the saving rate that accords well with empirical evidence. This holds true even in a growth model with Cobb-Douglas production technology. We also identify the cases where hyperbolic discounting is observationally equivalent to exponential discounting. In those cases, hyperbolic discounting does not affect the saving rate dynamics. Numerical simulations employing a generalized class of hyperbolic discounting functions that we term regular discounting functions support the results.
Schlagwörter: 
Saving Rate
Non-Monotonic Transition Path
Hyperbolic Discounting
Regular Discounting
Commitment
Short Planning Horizon
Neoclassical Growth Model
JEL: 
D91
E21
O40
Dokumentart: 
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