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PART A:
The following questions are based on Restuccia (2014): “Barriers to Capital Accumula-
tion in a Model of Technology Adoption and Schooling,” published in the Review of Economic
Dynamics and Control.
1. Explain how TFP is endogenously determined in this economy.
2. Solve for the optimal investment in human capital by maximizing individual earnings
net of education investment.
3. Explain how the barriers to investment in physical capital distort not only capital
investment decision but also the human capital investments.
4. Critique one aspect of the model and propose a potential way to address the issue.
PART B:
Read Erosa, Koreshkova, and Restuccia (2010) ”How Important is Human Capital? A
Quantitative Theory Assessment of World Income Inequality,” published in the Review of
Economic Studies
1. List key model features. That is, make a bullet list that tells us what kind of agents live
in the economy, how they differ, what decisions they make, then describe technologies,
markets and government.
2. What is the most crucial parameter for the quantitative results, and why?
Economic Paper analysis. Read the paper and answer the question.
