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		| Shiro  Kuwahara | 
	
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		| ''Luxury-based Growth'' | 
	
		| ( 2006, Vol. 15 No.5 ) | 
	
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		| Assuming that there exists a preference for luxury goods and a knowledge spillover from
luxury goods production to goods production, this paper constructs an endogenous economic growth model. The model 
predicts two steady states: one is a steady positive growth state with regard to luxury goods production, and the 
other is a zero growth state in the absence of luxury goods production. Thus, this study examines the polarization 
of economies based on luxury goods consumption | 
	
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		| JEL: O1 - Economic Development: General E2 - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment: General (includes Measurement and Data)
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		| | Manuscript Received : Mar 17 2006 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Jun 19 2006 | 
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