主讲人简介：
Eric W. Bond，美国范德堡大学教授，主要研究领域为国际贸易和应用微观经济学。已在American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of International Economics和Rand Journal of Economics等经济学国际顶尖期刊发表论文60余篇。
报告主题
Innovation, Growth, and the Distribution of Human Capital
We develop a dynamic equilibrium model of growth in which there are two innovative activities: variety expansion and quality improvement. Workers are heterogeneous in their ability, and we show that in equilibrium the high ability labor engages in variety expansion, middle ability labor in quality improvement, and low ability labor in production. We establish the existence of a balanced growth path for the autarkic equilibrium and establish the relationship between the distribution of ability and equilibrium rate of economic growth in the autarkic equilibrium. We examine how the opening of trade affects the growth rate and the distribution of income.