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This paper examines intertemporal risk-taking in a stochastically growing economy with externalities in human capital accumulation where agents have preferences for social status. In order to isolate the effects of status concerns on long-run expected growth, the analysis is embedded in a non-expected utility setting, which disentangles the effects from risk aversion and intertemporal substitution. We examine the interaction between status desire and risk, risk aversion and intertemporal substitution. The externalities generated by the status game are able to correct the allocative distortions from the knowledge spillovers.
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Acknowledgement The author would like to thank an anonymous referee for his valuable comments.
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Clemens, C. Status, Risk-Taking and Intertemporal Substitution in an Endogenous Growth Model. JEcon 83, 103–123 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-004-0079-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-004-0079-5