Intangible Capital and International Income Differences

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Aamir Rafique Hashmi

University of Calgary; University of Calgary - Department of Economics

Date Written: June 17, 2008

Abstract

I add intangible capital to a variant of the neoclassical growth model and study the implications for cross-country income differences. I calibrate the parameters associated with intangible capital by using new estimates of investment in intangibles by Corrado et al. (2006). When intangible capital is added to the model, the TFP elasticity of output increases from 2.14 to 2.64. This finding implies that the addition of intangible capital increases the ability of the neoclassical growth model to explain international income differences by more than a factor of two.

Keywords: International Income Differences, Intangible Capital

JEL Classification: O33, O41, O47

Suggested Citation

Hashmi, Aamir Rafique and Hashmi, Aamir Rafique, Intangible Capital and International Income Differences (June 17, 2008). Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1029250 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1029250

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Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Canada

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