A Multi-industry Model of Growth with Financing Constraints

May 1, 2009

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Anna Ilyina, and Roberto M. Samaniego A Multi-industry Model of Growth with Financing Constraints, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

This paper develops a multi-industry growth model in which firms require external funds to conduct productivity-enhancing R&D. The cost of research is industry-specific. The tightness of financing constraints depends on the level of financial development and on industry characteristics. Over time, a financially constrained economy may converge to the growth path of a frictionless economy, so long as an industry with the fastest expanding technological frontier does not permanently fall behind due to low R&D. The model’s industry dynamics map into a differences-in-differences regression, in which industry growth depends on the interaction between financial development and industry level R&D intensity.

Subject: Financial sector development, Industrial productivity, Labor, Productivity, Self-employment

Keywords: Growth rate, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

52
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2009/119
Stock No:

WPIEA2009119
ISBN:

9781451872668
ISSN:

1018-5941

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