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Values of Land and Renewable Resources in a Three-Sector Economic Growth Model Cover

Values of Land and Renewable Resources in a Three-Sector Economic Growth Model

By: Wei-Bin Zhang  
Open Access
|Aug 2015

Abstract

This paper studies dynamic interdependence of capital, land and resource values in a three sector growth model with endogenous wealth and renewable resources. The model is based on the neoclassical growth theory, Ricardian theory and growth theory with renewable resources. The household’s decision is modeled with an alternative approach proposed by Zhang two decades ago. The economic system consists of the households, industrial, agricultural, and resource sectors. The model describes a dynamic interdependence between wealth accumulation, resource change, and division of labor under perfect competition. We simulate the model to demonstrate the existence of a unique stable equilibrium point and plot the motion of the dynamic system. The study conducts comparative dynamic analysis with regard to changes in the propensity to consume resources, the propensity to consume housing, the propensity to consume agricultural goods, the propensity to consume industrial goods, the propensity to save, the population, and the output elasticity of capital of the resource sector.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbe-2015-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2344-5416 | Journal ISSN: 1842-4120
Language: English
Page range: 156 - 186
Published on: Aug 25, 2015
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2015 Wei-Bin Zhang, published by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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