AUTHOR=Grassetti Francesca 

TITLE=On the Influence of Production Technologies and Savings Propensities on Economic Growth. Findings Considering a Solow's Type Growth Model

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics

VOLUME=5

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/applied-mathematics-and-statistics/articles/10.3389/fams.2019.00001

DOI=10.3389/fams.2019.00001

ISSN=2297-4687

ABSTRACT=<p>This review analyses the influence of technologies and saving propensities of workers and shareholders on economic growth, considering the [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>] model. We show how investing behaviors and production peculiarities condition the evolution of capital over time. We highlight that fluctuations and multiple equilibria arise only when the elasticity of substitution between capital and labor is lower than one. Moreover, only production functions with variable elasticity of substitution between inputs are able to describe the poverty trap phenomenon. Complex dynamics emerge when the difference between the saving propensity of the two income groups is sufficiently high.</p>