Balance of Payments Constrained Growth

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:economic_policy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Thirlwall's_Law
gptkbp:appliesTo open economies
gptkbp:assumes current account equilibrium
no capital flows
gptkbp:citation academic literature on growth and development
gptkbp:contrastsWith neoclassical growth models
gptkbp:describes relationship between economic growth and balance of payments
gptkbp:emphasizes external constraints on growth
gptkbp:focusesOn long-run economic growth
gptkbp:form g = (π/ε) y*
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Balance of Payments Constrained Growth
gptkbp:influenced policy debates on export-led growth
gptkbp:location g = growth rate of GDP
y* = world income growth rate
ε = income elasticity of demand for imports
π = income elasticity of demand for exports
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Anthony_Thirlwall
1979
gptkbp:relatedTo structuralist economics
export performance
foreign exchange constraints
import demand
gptkbp:state growth is constrained by the balance of payments equilibrium
gptkbp:usedIn development economics
macroeconomics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thirlwall's_Law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8