Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/105525 
Year of Publication: 
1998
Series/Report no.: 
Department of Economics Discussion Paper No. 9821
Publisher: 
University of Kent, Department of Economics, Canterbury
Abstract: 
The aim of this paper is to estimate the sensitivity of the natural rate of growth to the actual rate of growth for 15 OECD countries over the period 1961 to 1995, on the hypothesis that the natural rate of growth is not exogenously given. To do this we estimate the natural rate of growth and, then, how it changes when the actual growth rate is different from the natural rate. As a side test of the endogeneity hypothesis, we also test for the direction of causality between national output and factor inputs for the same set of countries. Our results support the idea that the natural rate of growth is responsive to the actual rate of growth and bring to the fore the importance of focusing on demand as well as supply for an understanding of growth rate differences between countries.
Subjects: 
Natural Rate of Growth
Actual Rate of Growth
Endogeneity
Causality
Inputs
Output
JEL: 
O40
E23
E10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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