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Chapter 2
In the Ramsey case, where
φ(v) = 0 for all
v,
= 1
/(ρ −
n) in equation (2.69) and
λ =
ρ in equation (2.70). For Laibson’s quasi-hyperbolic preferences in equation (2.64), the
result is
≈
β/(ρ −
n),
λ ≈
(ρ/β) −
n ·
(1 −
β)/β
(2.71)
If 0
< β < 1, an increase in
n lowers
λ and, therefore, reduces the steady-state interest rate,
r
∗
=
λ.
It is also straightforward to introduce exogenous, labor-augmenting technological
progress at the rate
x
≥ 0. The solution for
λ is still that shown in equations (2.69) and
(2.70). However, since consumption per person grows in the steady state at the rate
x, the
condition for the steady-state interest rate is
r
∗
=
λ +
x
Hence, as is usual with log utility,
r
∗
responds one-to-one to the rate of technological
progress,
x.
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