Artikel

Producers, parasites and poverty traps

We studied the population dynamics of producers and parasites in a developing economy through the Lotka–Volterra model. Our baseline model found a cyclical equilibrium between these two groups of agents. When the equilibrium output is low, we propose that economy is in a poverty trap, such that the only way to achieve superior equilibrium is through improvements in the institutional parameters (e.g. property rights). By adding expectations and time delays, the cyclical result may no longer hold. Nevertheless, institutional improvements promote development through an increase in the level of producers and a decrease of parasites. Still, such improvements positively affect the stability of the modified model.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: EconomiA ; ISSN: 1517-7580 ; Volume: 16 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 310-320 ; Amsterdam: Elsevier

Classification
Wirtschaft
Central Banks and Their Policies
Monetary Policy
Subject
Lotka–Volterra model
Institutions
Economic development
Parasites

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
de Carvalho Griebeler, Marcelo
Hillbrecht, Ronald Otto
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Elsevier
(where)
Amsterdam
(when)
2015

DOI
doi:10.1016/j.econ.2015.07.002
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  • de Carvalho Griebeler, Marcelo
  • Hillbrecht, Ronald Otto
  • Elsevier

Time of origin

  • 2015

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