A variety-expansion model of growth with external habit formation |
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Authors: | Junko Doi Kazuo Mino |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Economics, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita 564-8680, Japan;bGraduate School of Economics, Osaka University, 1-7 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560 0043, Japan |
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Abstract: | This paper introduces consumption externalities into one of the base line models of growth in which continuing expansion of product variety sustains long-term growth. We assume that consumers set a benchmark stock of consumption for each good so that there are commodity-specific external effects. Each good is produced by a monopolistically competitive firm and the firm exploits the presence of consumption external effects in determining its profit-maximizing price. Given those settings, we show that the introduction of consumption externalities may affect the balanced-growth characterization, transitional dynamics and policy effects in fundamental manners. |
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Keywords: | External habit formation Variety expansion Growth and dynamics |
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