Title

Periodic Solutions of the One-sector Growth Model: The Role of Income Effects

Abstract

The discrete-time version of the neoclassical one-sector growth model with elastic labor supply is considered. It is shown that this model can have periodic solutions only if leisure is an inferior good.

Keywords

Optimal growth, Elastic labor supply, Periodic solutions, Inferiority of leisure

JEL Classification

C61, O41

Inquiries

Kazumichi IWASA
Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration,
Kobe University
Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe
657-8501 Japan
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Gerhard SORGER
Department of Economics, University of Vienna, Austria