Contributions to Political Economy Advance Access originally published online on June 21, 2007
Contributions to Political Economy 2007 26(1):43-59; doi:10.1093/cpe/bzm018
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Reswitching of Techniques in an Intertemporal Equilibrium Model with Overlapping Generations
Università degli Studi Roma Tre
We study an overlapping generation model of Diamond's type. In contrast to Diamond, we do not assume that the technology can be represented by an aggregate neoclassical production function. Rather, we study the case in which (i) the technology consists of a finite number of constant coefficient productive activities, (ii) there are capital goods physically heterogeneous with respect to each other and to the economy's only consumption good and (iii) there are two alternative production methods for obtaining the consumption good. We explore the possible linkage between reswitching of techniques and the multiplicity of stationary state equilibria of the model.
* The author expresses his thanks to R. Ciccone, E.S. Levrero, F. Petri, F. Ravagnani and an anonymous referee for their helpful suggestions. Needless to say, the usual disclaimer applies.