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October 2015

Some Implications of Capital Heterogeneity

Benjamin Powell

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Originally published in The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics

The following section briefly outlines Austrian capital theory. Sections that follow trace out the implications of capital heterogeneity in a variety of applied research areas.

The following section briefly outlines Austrian capital theory. Sections that follow trace out the implications of capital heterogeneity in a variety of applied research areas. Socialist calculation, business cycles, economic development through the Solow model, World Bank aid for investment schemes, and industrial planning are all studied and the conclusions of the Austrian school are contrasted to those that are reached by theorists who fail to appreciate the importance of capital heterogeneity.

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The following section briefly outlines Austrian capital theory. Sections

that follow trace out the implications of capital heterogeneity in a variety

of applied rt;search areas. Socialist calculation, business cycles, economic

development through the Solow model, World Bank aid for investment

schemes, and industrial planning are all studied and the conclusions of the

Austrian school are contrasted to those that are reached by theorists who

fail to appreciate the importance of capital heterogeneity.

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