Given the following aggregate production function: Y = K0.25 (AL) 0.75, where technology A grows at a fixed rate: 4=g>0 (c) Working with the Solow model, where capital evolution follows = I-SK, investment is a fixed proportion of income I = sY, production is given by the Cobb Douglas function above, and the workforce grows at a positive rate, algebraically derive the fundamental Solow equation in efficiency-worker terms. Show all workings. (d) Present and discuss the graphical counterpart to this equation, explaining the dynamics of capital per efficiency worker that result from the logic of the model. (e) Working with the fundamental equation you derived in part (c), find the equilibrium solution for k algebraically. Relate this to your diagram in part (d).

Given the following aggregate production function: Y = K0.25 (AL) 0.75, where technology A grows at a fixed rate: 4=g>0 (c) Working with the Solow model, where capital evolution follows = I-SK, investment is a fixed proportion of income I = sY, production is given by the Cobb Douglas function above, and the workforce grows at a positive rate, algebraically derive the fundamental Solow equation in efficiency-worker terms. Show all workings. (d) Present and discuss the graphical counterpart to this equation, explaining the dynamics of capital per efficiency worker that result from the logic of the model. (e) Working with the fundamental equation you derived in part (c), find the equilibrium solution for k algebraically. Relate this to your diagram in part (d).

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