Vintage capital and the dynamics of the AK model

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-72

  Boucekkine, Raouf ^a   Licandro, Omar ^b   Puch, Luis A ^c   del Rio, Fernando ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AK model; Difference differential equations; Endogenous growth; Vintage capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344287649     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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