Abstract
In this paper we study balanced growth path solutions of a Boltzmann mean field game model proposed by Lucas and Moll [15] to model knowledge growth in an economy. Agents can either increase their knowledge level by exchanging ideas in learning events or by producing goods with the knowledge they already have. The existence of balanced growth path solutions implies exponential growth of the overall production in time. We prove existence of balanced growth path solutions if the initial distribution of individuals with respect to their knowledge level satisfies a Pareto-tail condition. Furthermore we give first insights into the existence of such solutions if in addition to production and knowledge exchange the knowledge level evolves by geometric Brownian motion.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 117-140 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Kinetic and Related Models |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Nov 18 2016 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledgements: MTW acknowledges financial support from the Austrian Academy of Sciences OAW via the New Frontiers Group NST-001. This research was funded in part by the French ANR blanche project Kibord: ANR-13-BS01- 0004. The authors thank Benjamin Moll for the helpful discussions and comments while preparing the manuscript.