A note on bounded growth with CES functions

10 Pages Posted: 12 Dec 2024 Last revised: 5 Jan 2025

Date Written: November 12, 2024

Abstract

Constant elasticity of substitution (CES) functions with high capital-labor complementarity have been increasingly used to model macroeconomic phenomena.  This note discusses some peculiarities of growth in this setting that are usually neglected in the literature. It shows that, if the elasticity of substitution is below one, neoclassical growth with Harrod-neutral technical change is bounded by the savings rate and may converge towards a unitary capital share. Not included in Solow's original contribution, these results remain largely unknown.

Keywords: Neoclassical growth, Balanced growth, CES functions, Long-term economic growth

Suggested Citation

Cabello, Matias, A note on bounded growth with CES functions (November 12, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5018671 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5018671

Matias Cabello (Contact Author)

MLU Halle-Wittenberg ( email )

Chair of Economic Growth and Development
Halle (Saale), DE Sachsen-Anhalt 06108
Germany

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