(a) Two countries, Country A and Country B, are described by the Solow growth model. Bothcountries are identical, except that the rate of labor-augmenting technological progress ishigher in A than in B.i. In which country is the steady-state growth rate of output per effective worker higher?ii. Does the Solow growth model predict that the two economies will converge to the samesteady state? p(b) Based on the Solow growth model with population growth and labor-augmenting technologicalprogress, explain how each of the following policies would affect the steady-state level andsteady-state growth rate of total output per person:i. an increase in the government's budget deficit poits)inis)ii. grants to support research and development(c) Consider a Solow model where the production function no longer exhibits diminishing returnsto capital accumulation. Assume the production function is now Y = AK. What happens tothe growth rate of per capita GDP over time? (6pints)

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(a) Two countries, Country A and Country B, are described by the Solow growth model. Both countries are identical, except that the rate of labor-augmenting technological progress is higher in A than in B. i. In which country is the steady-state growth rate of output per effective worker higher? ii. Does the Solow growth model predict that the two economies will converge to the same steady state?

(a) Two countries, Country A and Country B, are described by the Solow growth model. Both countries are identical, except that the rate of labor-augmenting technological progress is higher in A than in B. i. In which country is the steady-state growth rate of output per effective worker higher? ii. Does the Solow growth model predict that the two economies will converge to the same steady state?

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