Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World

We present a model of technologically interconnected countries that benefit and potentially contribute to advances in the world technology frontier. Greater inequality between successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs increases entrepreneurial effort and a country’s contribution to that frontier. Un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robinson, James A., Verdier, Thierry, Acemoglu, K. Daron
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118645
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-7491