Economic Growth Second Edition
Figure 1.2 The golden rule of capital accumulation
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Figure 1.2
The golden rule of capital accumulation. The vertical axis shows the steady-state level of consumption per person that corresponds to each saving rate. The saving rate that maximizes steady-state consumption per person is called the golden-rule saving rate and is denoted by s Gold . equation (1.20) that s · f (k ∗ ) = (n + δ) · k ∗ ; hence, we can write an expression for c ∗ as c ∗ (s) = f [k ∗ (s)] − (n + δ) · k ∗ (s) (1.21) Figure 1.2 shows the relation between c ∗ and s that is implied by equation (1.21). The quantity c ∗ is increasing in s for low levels of s and decreasing in s for high values of s. The quantity c ∗ attains its maximum when the derivative vanishes, that is, when [ f (k ∗ ) − (n + δ)] · dk ∗ /ds = 0. Since dk ∗ /ds > 0, the term in brackets must equal 0. If we denote the value of k ∗ that corresponds to the maximum of c ∗ by k gold , then the condition that determines k gold is f (k gold ) = n + δ (1.22) The corresponding saving rate can be denoted as s gold , and the associated level of steady-state per capita consumption is given by c gold = f (k gold ) − (n + δ) · k gold . The condition in equation (1.22) is called the golden rule of capital accumulation (see Phelps, 1966). The source of this name is the biblical Golden Rule, which states, “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” In economic terms, the golden-rule result can be interpreted as “If we provide the same amount of consumption to members of each current and future generation—that is, if we do not provide less to future generations than to ourselves—then the maximum amount of per capita consumption is c gold .” Figure 1.3 illustrates the workings of the golden rule. The figure considers three possible saving rates, s 1 , s gold , and s 2 , where s 1 < s gold < s 2 . Consumption per person, c, in each case equals the vertical distance between the production function, f (k), and the appropriate 36 Chapter 1 (n ␦)k Initial increase of c Dynamically inefficient region Slope n ␦ s 2 f (k) s gold f (k) k gold k * 1 k * 2 k c * 2 c gold s 1 f (k) f (k) Download 0.79 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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