This study points out to a contradiction between increasing returns to scale assumption and steady-state or long run equilibrium or balanced growth analysis in models of endogenous growth. The paper reminds the necessity of the constant returns to scale assumption in models of economic growth,...

In this note we study aspects of economic growth in a region that produces a final consumption good with creative and physical capital. This consumption good is manufactured with a production function that exhibits increasing returns to scale. Our analysis leads to three results. First, we...

In this note we study aspects of economic growth in a region that produces a final consumption good with creative and physical capital. This consumption good is manufactured with a production function that exhibits increasing returns to scale. Our analysis leads to three results. First, we...

In a world with two similar, developed economies, economic integration can cause a permanent increase in the worldwide rate of growth. Starting from a position of isolation, closer integration can be achieved by increasing trade in goods or by increasing flows of ideas. We consider two models...

This study develops a model of endogenous growth based on increasing returns due to firms' technology choices. Particular attention is paid to the implications of these choices, combined with the substitution of capital for labor, on economic growth in a general equilibrium model in which the...

Why do economies exhibit sustained growth in per capita income? This paper argues that endogenous fertility and increasing returns to scale are the fundamental ingredients in understanding endogenous growth. Endogenous fertility leads the scale of the economy to grow over time. Increasing...

En este artículo Lauchlin Currie aclara la teoría macroeconómica de los “rendimientos crecientes” de Allyn Young, quien tanto influyó en sus propuestas de política para Colombia. Esta teoría se deriva del énfasis de Adam Smith en que la competencia y la movilidad amplían el tamaño...