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Paths of development for early- and late-bloomers in a dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin model
Abstract: We show that in a dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin model the timing of a country?s development relative to the rest of the world affects the path of the country?s development. A country that begins the development process later than most of the rest of the world?a late-bloomer?ends up with a permanently lower level of income than the early-blooming countries that developed earlier. This is true even though the late-bloomer has the same preferences, technology, and initial capital stock that the early-bloomers had when they started the process of development. This result stands in stark contrast to that of the standard one-sector growth model in which identical countries converge to a unique steady state, regardless of when they start to develop.
Keywords: Economic development;
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Part of Series: Staff Report
Publication Date: 2000
Number: 256