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"This paper proposes a tractable model to study the equilibrium diversity of technological progress and shows that equilibrium technological progress may exhibit too little diversity (too much conformity), in particular, foregoing socially beneficial investments in "alternative" technologies...
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This paper offers a theory of development that links the degree of market incompleteness to capital accumulation and … growth. At early stages of development, the presence of indivisible projects limits the degree of risk spreading …
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This paper constructs a tractable general equilibrium model of search with risk-aversion. An increase in risk … hazard: insured workers seek high wage jobs with high unemployment risk. An economy with risk-neutral workers achieves … maximal output without any UI. In contrast, in an economy with risk-averse workers, a positive level of UI maximizes output …
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This paper constructs a tractable general equilibrium model of search with risk-aversion. An increase in risk … hazard: insured workers seek high wage jobs with high unemployment risk. An economy with risk-neutral workers achieves … maximal output without any UI. In contrast, in an economy with risk-averse workers, a positive level of UI maximizes output …
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