Multiple Equilibrium, Variability, and the Development Process

Author/Editor:

Luis Carranza ; José Enrique Galdón-Sánchez

Publication Date:

April 1, 1998

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

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 mature stages of development, there is a unique equilibrium, because labor and credit markets are cleared by a unique set of prices. In the middle stages of development, however, the model shows that markets can be cleared by a multiple set of prices. This multiplicity of equilibria arises as productive externalities are reflected in credit markets.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1998/062

Subject:

Credit Labor markets Self-employment Technology Wages

English

Publication Date:

April 1, 1998

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451848267/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0621998

Pages:

28

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