Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75945 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 716
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper analyses an open economy Ramsey model with an endogenous labour supply without capital. The technology defines an optimal firm size. Changes to the number of firms is subject to adjustment costs, so that the entry dynamics is determined endogenously. We find that there is a short run transitory productivity dynamic introduced when there is imperfect competition due to changes in capacity utilization. We are able to analyze this in different contexts, including demand and technology shocks, both anticipated and unanticipated.
Subjects: 
entry
capacity utilisation
adjustment costs
Ramsey
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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