Suppose that you have two countries, call them 1 and 2. Each is governed by the Solow model with a Cobb - Douglas production function, but each country has potentially different values of s and A. Assume that the value of A for each country is fixed across time. The central equation of the model is:

Suppose that you have two countries, call them 1 and 2. Each is governed by the Solow model with a Cobb - Douglas production function, but each country has potentially different values of s and A. Assume that the value of A for each country is fixed across time. The central equation of the model is:

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Chapter20: Economic Growth In The Global Economy

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