SFB 303 Discussion Paper No. A - 507
Author: Funk, Peter
Title: On the Dynamic Efficiency of the Market System
Abstract: We introduce a framework of development in which the direction of
change is determined endogenously. Which new products, which new qualities
and which new techniques are introduced in the course of development is
determined by the profitability of different potential innovations. We
define a concept of long-run efficiency of development which formalizes a
widespread notion of 'dynamic efficiency'. The concept merely excludes
persistent inefficiencies. We finally give conditions that guarantee
long-run efficiency of laissez-faire development. This formalizes a popular
claim about the dynamic efficiency of the market system, and, at the same
time, makes more precise the limits to the claim.
Keywords: Endogenous Growth, Direction of Change, Dynamic Efficiency
JEL-Classification-Number: D50, D60, O12, O30, O33
Creation-Date: January 1996
URL: ../1996/a/bonnsfa507.pdf"
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