Economic Growth with Bubbles

UPF Economics and Business Working Paper 848

30 Pages Posted: 30 Nov 2005

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Jaume Ventura

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: November 2003

Abstract

This paper presents a stylized model of economic growth with bubbles. This model views asset price bubbles as a market-generated device to moderate the effects of frictions in financial markets, improving the allocation of investments and raising the capital stock and welfare. The model illustrates various channels through which asset price bubbles affect the incentives for innovation and economic reforms, and therefore, the rate of economic growth. The model also offers a new perspective on the effects of financial development on asset price bubbles and economic growth.

Keywords: Asset price bubbles, economic growth, financial frictions, innovations and reforms

JEL Classification: E32, O40, G10

Suggested Citation

Ventura, Jaume, Economic Growth with Bubbles (November 2003). UPF Economics and Business Working Paper 848, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=860884 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.860884

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