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14.451 Lecture Notes Economic Growth

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• Technology in intensive form: Let<br />

Then, by CRS<br />

where<br />

George-Marios Angeletos<br />

y = Y<br />

L<br />

By definition of f and the properties of F,<br />

Also,<br />

• Example: Cobb-Douglas technology<br />

In this case,<br />

and<br />

and k = K<br />

L .<br />

y = f(k) (2.2)<br />

f(k) ≡ F (k, 1).<br />

f(0) = 0,<br />

f 0 (k) > 0 >f 00 (k)<br />

lim<br />

k→0 f 0 (k) = ∞, lim f<br />

k→∞ 0 (k) =0<br />

FK(K, L) = f 0 (k)<br />

FL(K, L) = f(k) − f 0 (k)k<br />

F (K, L) =K α L 1−α<br />

εK = α, εL =1− α<br />

f(k) =k α .<br />

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