Multiple Equilibrium, Variability, and the Development Process /

Per capita output is more volatile in middle-income economies than in both low-income and high-income economies. We examine this pattern in a two-period overlapping generations model with two productive sectors (a developed sector and a subsistence sector) and a credit sector. In the early and matur...

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Main Author: Carranza, Luis
Other Authors: Galdon-Sanchez, Jose
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/062
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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