The emergence of chaos in productivity distribution dynamics
Orlando Gomes
Abstract:The distribution of productivity levels, and its evolution over time, is a research topic of utmost importance in empirical and theoretical economics. On the theory side, simple analytical models, involving intertemporal optimization, typically characterize agents’ investment decisions about ways to upgrade technology and enhance productivity. The prototypical model endogenously splits the productivity distribution in two: the right-hand side of the distribution is populated by innovators; the left-hand side i… Show more
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