{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Review: The Solow Model\n", "\n", "----\n", "\n", " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Review: Solow Model Key Equations\n", "\n", "(1)    $ \\left(\\frac{Y}{L}\\right) = \n", " \\left(\\frac{K}{Y}\\right)^\\left(\\frac{\\alpha}{1-\\alpha}\\right)E $\n", " :: production function\n", "\n", "(2)    $ \\left(\\frac{Y}{L}\\right)^{*} = \n", " \\left(\\frac{s}{n+g+\\delta}\\right)^\n", " \\left(\\frac{\\alpha}{1-\\alpha}\\right)E $\n", " :: equilibrium balanced-growth path\n", "\n", "(3)    $ \\frac{d\\left(\\frac{K}{Y}\\right)}{dt} =\n", " -(1-\\alpha)(n+g+\\delta)\\left(\\frac{K}{Y} - \n", " \\frac{s}{n+g+\\delta}\\right)$\n", " :: convergence differential equation\n", " \n", "(4)    $ \\frac{K_t}{Y_t} =\n", " \\frac{s}{n+g+\\delta} + \n", " \\left(\\frac{K}{Y} - \\frac{s}{n+g+\\delta}\\right)\n", " e^{-(1-\\alpha)(n+g+\\delta)t} $\n", " \n", "----\n", "\n", " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Production Function\n", "\n", "**The most useful form of the production function:**\n", "\n", "(1)    $ \\left(\\frac{Y}{L}\\right) = \n", " \\left(\\frac{K}{Y}\\right)^\\left(\\frac{\\alpha}{1-\\alpha}\\right)E $\n", " \n", "* Current output per worker Y/L as a function of:\n", " * Current capital-output ratio K/Y\n", " * Production function parameter α\n", " * Current level of the efficiency of labor E\n", "* Why most useful? Because it ties directly into the state variable most directly and simply connected to equilibrium: (K/Y)*\n", "\n", "----\n", "\n", " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Equilibrium Balanced-Growth Path\n", "\n", "**The most useful form of equilibrium:**\n", "\n", "(2)    $ \\left(\\frac{Y}{L}\\right)^{*} = \n", " \\left(\\frac{s}{n+g+\\delta}\\right)^\n", " \\left(\\frac{\\alpha}{1-\\alpha}\\right)E $\n", " \n", "* Why most useful? Because it tells you toward what path the key outcome variable Y/L is going:\n", " * Tells us in the long run balanced-growth path higher when s/(n+g+δ) higher—and by how much it is higher\n", " * Tells us in the long run balanced-growth path higher when α is higher—and by how much it is higher\n", " * Tells us output per worker Y/L along the balanced growth path grows at the same rate E grows—which is at rate g…\n", "\n", "----\n", "\n", " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Convergence Differential Equation\n", "\n", "(3)    $ \\frac{d\\left(\\frac{K}{Y}\\right)}{dt} =\n", " -(1-\\alpha)(n+g+\\delta)\\left(\\frac{K}{Y} - \n", " \\frac{s}{n+g+\\delta}\\right)$\n", "\n", "* The capital-output ratio K/Y is closing a fraction (1-α)(n+g+δ) of the gap between its current and its balanced-growth steady-state value every year…\n", "\n", "----\n", "\n", " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Integrated Out\n", "\n", "(4)    $ \\frac{K_t}{Y_t} =\n", " \\frac{s}{n+g+\\delta} + \n", " \\left(\\frac{K}{Y} - \\frac{s}{n+g+\\delta}\\right)\n", " e^{-(1-\\alpha)(n+g+\\delta)t} $\n", "\n", "* And we can then piggyback on the great mathematicians of the past…\n", "\n", "----\n", "\n", " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Remember Where We Came From…\n", "\n", "* This is the complete specification of the Solow model base case:\n", " * A production function where a 1% increase in K/L brings an α% increase in Y/L\n", " * A production function that also includes the efficiency of labor E\n", " * Labor force growth at constant proportional rate n\n", " * Efficiency of labor growth at constant proportional rate g\n", " * Capital accumulation equation: savings and depreciation\n", " \n", "(5)    $ \\left(\\frac{Y}{L}\\right) = \n", " \\left(\\frac{K}{L}\\right)^{\\alpha}(E)^{1-\\alpha} $\n", " \n", "(6)    $ \\frac{1}{L}\\frac{dL}{dt} = n $\n", "\n", "(7)    $ \\frac{1}{E}\\frac{dE}{dt} = g $\n", "\n", "(8)    $ \\frac{1}{K}\\frac{dLK}{dt} = \n", " s\\left(\\frac{Y}{K}\\right) - \\delta $\n", " \n", "----\n", "\n", " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Catch Our Breath…\n", "\n", "\"delong\"\n", "\n", "* Ask me two questions… \n", "* Make two comments…" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.6.5" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 2 }