Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/39509 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
ZEI Working Paper No. B 27-2002
Publisher: 
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the effect of endogenous time preference in a simple neo-classical model of growth. The variation of time preference causes the economy to have multiple steady states, some of which are similar to poverty traps. The stability properties of these steady states are analyzed. The results are interpreted in light of the growth experiences of developing economies. The model can explain why two economies that have identical production technologies and identical preferences may converge to different levels of income depending on initial conditions.
Subjects: 
Intertemporal choice
Saving
Growth
Local stability
Poverty traps
JEL: 
D91
E21
C62
O40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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