Abstract

The production externality at the heart of the knowledge-based growth literature reverses the standard analysis of efficient capital accumulation. If the competitive equilibrium involves underinvestment relative to the social optimum, moving to the social optimum requires sacrifice by some in the standard decreasing returns case but requires no such sacrifice when there are knowledge spillovers.

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