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A NEOCLASSICAL MODEL OF REGIONAL GROWTH IN INDONESIA
Author(s) -
Giarratani Frank
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1985.tb00307.x
Subject(s) - economics , lagging , convergence (economics) , attractiveness , growth model , incentive , capital (architecture) , divergence (linguistics) , government (linguistics) , macroeconomics , microeconomics , geography , mathematics , psychology , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , archaeology , psychoanalysis
In this paper a neoclassical model of regional growth is specified, estimated, and applied to the provinces of Indonesia. While parametric estimates indicate that factors of production respond as expected to neoclassical incentives, the attractiveness of growing regions for capital and labor inputs leads to instability and divergence among regions when the model is solved dynamically. A simulation of government intervention via a policy of encouraging capital growth in lagging regions demonstrates the potential of reversing such effects and encouraging regional convergence.