A model of technology, domestic distribution and North-South relations

Chichilnisky, Graciela and Cole, Sam (1979): A model of technology, domestic distribution and North-South relations. Published in: Technological Forcasting and Social Changes , Vol. 13, No. 4 (May 1979): pp. 297-320.

Abstract

This article describes the macroeconomic model used in an ongoing study of technology policies and North-South relations. Other aspects of the study have been described elsewhere [1,2]. We examine here the rationale for the theoretical structure used in the model, the details of the equations, and a computation of solutions. To illustrate the dynamics of the model, a brief discussion is also given of the preliminary results that indicate critical relationships between domestic technology and income distributions and the North-South terms of trade. The results are based on calibration of the model using data for Brazil and the United Kingdom.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: technology policies; technologies; income distrivutionnorth; south; north-south relations; developing; developed; underdeveloped; undeveloped; model; modeling; modelling; Bariloche model; basic needs; Leontief; Pestel-Mesarovic; development; growth; welfare; utility; equilibrium; general equilibrium; domestic economy; production-exchange; production-exchange model; international trade
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C6 - Mathematical Methods and Programming; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations; International Trade Organizations

References

Clark, J., Cole, S., and Lucas, H., Calibration and Solutions of a Model on Technology and North-South Relations, Journal of Applied Mathematical Modelling, to be published 1979.

Cole, S. and Chichilnisky, G., Modelling with Scenarios: Technology and North-South Development Alternatives, Futures,June 1978.

Progress Report: Technology, Domestic Distribution and North-South Relations, United Nations Institutre for Training and Research, New York, Sep 1978.

Chichilnisky, G., Terms of Trade and Domestic Distribution: Export-led froeth with abundant labor, Development Discussion Paper, Harvard Institute for International Development No 41. July 1978.

Chichilnisky, G., and Cole, S., Growth of the North and Growth of the South with Export-led Policies. Discussion Paper, Harvard Institute for International Development. No. 44 Sep 1978.

Chichilnisky, G., Development patterns and the international order, International Affairs, March 1978.

Chichilnisky, G., Economic development ad efficiency criteria in the satisfaction of basic needs, Appl. Math. Model., Sep 1977.

Herrara, A., Catastrophe of New Society: A Latin American world model, International Development Research Center, Ottawa, Canada, 1976.

Carter, A., The future of the world economy, United NAtions Office of Economic and Social Affairs, New York, 1976.

M. Mesarovic and E. Pestel, Mankind at the Turning Point (New York, Readers Digest/Dutton. 1974)

S. Cole, Global Models and the International Economic Order, paper for UNITAR Project on the Future (New York and Oxford, Pergamom Press, 1977).

Cole, S. Modelling the International Order, Appl. Math. Model., Aug. 1978.

Palma, G., "Dependency: A formal theory of underdevelopment or a methodology for the analysis of concrete situations of underdevelopment?" World Development, 1978.

Taylor, I., and Lysy, F., A computable general equilibrium model for Bazil, working papers, The World Bank, 1976.

Sen, A.K., Neo-Classical and Neo-Keynesian Theories on Distribution, Econ. Rec. 1963.

Bacha, E. and Taylor, I., An unequalizing spiral: A first model of Belinda, Quart. J. Econ., 1976.

Her Majesty´s Stationery Office, London, Social Trends, 1975.

Central Statistical Office, London, Annual Abstracts of Statistics, 1975.