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Solow-Swan Model Analysis Tasks

This document outlines 3 tutorial tasks for an introductory macroeconomics course. The first task asks students to use a diagram to show how changes in saving rate, population growth rate, and technology level affect steady state output per capita in the Solow-Swan model. The second task asks students to explain what changes could account for sustained growth in the post-1750 period based on the Solow-Swan model. The third task asks students to derive an equation for capital stock growth rate based on a production function with only capital and technology, and to discuss whether this economy has a steady state.

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Solow-Swan Model Analysis Tasks

This document outlines 3 tutorial tasks for an introductory macroeconomics course. The first task asks students to use a diagram to show how changes in saving rate, population growth rate, and technology level affect steady state output per capita in the Solow-Swan model. The second task asks students to explain what changes could account for sustained growth in the post-1750 period based on the Solow-Swan model. The third task asks students to derive an equation for capital stock growth rate based on a production function with only capital and technology, and to discuss whether this economy has a steady state.

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ECON10003 Introductory Macroeconomics 1

ECON10003
INTRODUCTORY MACROECONOMICS
SEMESTER 2, 2019

TUTORIAL 8
WEEK STARTING SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2019
TUTORIAL TASKS

1. In the context of the Solow-Swan model, use a diagram, to show the


qualitative effect of an increase in the saving rate, θ, an increase in the
population growth rate, n, and an increase in the level of technology, A upon
the steady state level of output per capita. Do these results seem sensible to
you?

2. If we look at economic history we see that growth rates of output per capita
were typically very low prior to the 1750s. In the post-1750 period, a set of
countries has attained sustained growth in output per capita of about 2 per cent
per year. In the context of the Solow-Swan model, what changes could
account for a sustained increase in economic growth in the post-1750 period?

3. Suppose we consider a production function with the following functional


form, Y = AK . In this case, A is the level of technology and K is the level of
capital stock. There is no role for labour and recall that capital accumulates
according to the following equation:
K t +1=( 1−d ) K t + I t .
a) Maintain the standard assumption that investment is equal to a constant
proportion of output. That is I t=θ Y t . Use the above information to derive
an equation that describes the growth rate of capital stock for this
economy.

b) Does this economy have a steady state of capital? If not, what will happen
to this economy over time? What is the key difference between this
environment and the Solow-Swan model that we discussed in lectures and
the textbook?

Tutorial Tasks

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