Economic Growth Model with Constant Pace and Dynamic Memory
PProblems of Modern Science and Education. 2017. No. 2 (84). P. 40-45. DOI: 10.20861/2304-2338-2017-84-001
ECONOMIC GROWTH MODEL WITH CONSTANT PACE AND DYNAMIC MEMORY
Valentina V. Tarasova , Higher School of Business, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia; E-mail: [email protected];
Vasily E. Tarasov , Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract:
The article discusses a generalization of model of economic growth with constant pace, which takes into account the effects of dynamic memory. Memory means that endogenous or exogenous variable at a given time depends not only on their value at that time, but also on their values at previous times. To describe the dynamic memory we use derivatives of non-integer orders. We obtain the solutions of fractional differential equations with derivatives of non-integral order, which describe the dynamics of the output caused by the changes of the net investments and effects of power-law fading memory.
Keywords: economic growth model, memory effects, dynamic memory, fading memory, derivative of non-integer order, fractional derivative, economic processes with memory
Introduction
In the continuous time approach, the economic growth models are described by using the tool of differential equations with derivatives of integer orders [1, 2, 3]. In mathematics, derivatives of non-integer order are also well known [4, 5]. This tool allows us to describe processes with power-law memory (for example, see [6]). In this paper, we will consider a simplest economic model of growth with dynamic memory. We propose a generalization of economic growth model with constant pace. We first describe the standard model, which does not take into account the effects of time delay and memory. Let Y(t) be a function that describes the volume of production (the output), which was produced and sold at time t. We will use the assumption of unsaturation of the consumer market, i.e. we will assume that all made production is sold. In the simplest case, we also can assume that the sales volume is not so high as to significantly affect the price P. This allows us to consider a fixed price (P(t)=P). It is known that an increase of the production volume Y(t) is caused by the net investments I(t), which is investments aimed at expansion of production. The amount of net investment equal to the difference between the total investment and amortization (depreciation) costs. To increase output it is necessary that the net investment I(t) is greater than zero (I(t)>0). In the case I(t)=0, the investments only cover the cost of amortization and the output level remains unchanged. In the case I(t)<0, we have a reduction of fixed assets and, as a consequence, a decrease of output. he growth model with constant pace is assumed that the marginal output ( dY(t) dt⁄ ) is directly proportional to the net investment I(t). Mathematically, it is written by the differential equation dY(t)dt = L · I(t), (1) where L is the rate of acceleration [3]. Assuming that the amount of investment I(t) is a fixed part of income Q(t)=P·Y (t), we obtain
I(t) = m · P · Y(t), (2) where m is the norm of the net investment (0 Y(t) = Y(0) · exp(λ · t). (4) Differential equation (3) describes the increase of output without restriction of growth [3, p. 81]. This equation is equation of growth with a constant pace. Equations (1) and (3) contain only the first-order derivative of Y(t) with respect to time. It is known that the derivatives of integer orders are determined by the properties of differentiable functions of time only in infinitely small neighborhood of the considered point of time. As a result, this economic model, which is described by equation (3), assumes an instant changes of marginal output, when the net investment changes. This means that the effects of dynamics memory and lag are neglected. The dynamic memory means a dependence of output at the present time on the investment changes in the past. In other words, equation (3) does not take into account the effects of memory. In economic models, we can consider the concept of dynamics memory by analogy with this concept in physics [6, p. 394-395]. The term "memory" means that the process state at a given time t=T depends on the process state in the past (t Case of dynamic memory with power-law fading In mathematics different types of fractional-order derivatives are known [4]. In order to take into account a power-law dynamic memory, we propose to use the left-sided Caputo fractional derivative of order α>0 with respect to time. One of the important properties of the Caputo fractional derivatives is that the action of these derivatives on a constant function gives zero. Using only the left-sided fractional-order derivative, we take into account the history of hanges of endogenous or exogenous variable in the past, that is for t Y(t) = ∑ Y k · n−1k=0 t k · E α,k+1 [λ · t α ], (9) where E α,β [z] is the two-parameter Mittag-Leffler function [4, p. 42], which is defined by the equation E α,β [z]: = ∑ z k Γ(αk+β)∞k=0 . (10) The Mittag-Leffler function E α,β [z] is a generalization of the exponential function e z , since E [z] = e z . Solution (9) describes the economic growth model with constant pace and power-law fading memory. For 0<α<1, the solution of equation (6) has the form Y(t) = Y(0) · E α,1 [λ · t α ]. (11) For α=1, equation (11) gives solution (4), which describes the economic growth model without memory. Case of power- law price and memory Let us consider the case, when the price P=P(t) is changed according to the power law P(t) = p · t β , (12) where β≥0 and p>0. In this case, we have the fractional differential equation D Y)(t) = λ · t β · Y(t), (13) where the coefficient λ is defined by the equation λ=m·p·L. Using Theorem 4.4 of [4, p. 233], the Cauchy problem involving fractional differential equation (13) and initial conditions (7) has a unique solution Y(t) ∈ C γα,n−1 [0, T] in the form Y(t) = ∑ Y k · n−1k=0 t k · E α,1+β/α,(β+k)/α [λ · t α+β ], (14) where E α,b,c [z] is the generalized Mittag-Leffler function [4, p. 48]. This function is defined by the equation E α,b,c (z): = ∑ a k (α, b, c) · z k∞k=0 , (15) where a (α, b, c) = 1 and a k (α, b, c) = ∏ Γ(α(bk+c)+1)Γ(α(bk+c+1)+1)k−1j=0 (16) for integer k≥1. For β=0, we have E α,1,k/α [λ · t α ] = k! · E α,k+1 [λ · t α ] . Therefore equation (14) with β=0 gives (9). For 0<α<1, the solution of equation (14) has the form Y(t) = Y(0) · E α,1+β/α,β/α [λ · t α+β ], (17) where we get (11) for the case β=0. Case of two-parameter power-law memory Let us consider model with two-parameter power-law memory. The differential equation of the growth model with this memory has the form (D Y)(t) − μ · (D Y)(t) = λ · Y(t), (18) where α>β>0, n–1<α≤n, m–1<β≤m, m≤n, 0≤t≤T, and μ, λ are real number. The solution of (18) is represented in terms of the generalized Wright function (the Fox-Wright function), Ψ [ |z (b,β)(a,α) ] , which is defined by the equation Ψ [ |z (b,β)(a,α) ] := ∑ Γ(α·k+a)Γ(β·k+b) · z k k! . ∞k=0 (19) Using Theorem 5.13 of [4, p.314], the solution of equation (18) has the form Y(t) = ∑ a j Y j (t n−1j=0 ), (20) where Y j (t) , j=0,…,n–1 are defined by the following equations Y j (t) = ∑ λ k ·t kα+j Γ(k+1)∞k=0 Ψ [ |μ · t α−β (αk+j+1,α−β)(n+1,1) ] – μ · ∑ λ k ·t kα+j+α−β Γ(k+1)∞k=0 Ψ [ |μ · t α−β (αk+j+1+α−β,α−β)(n+1,1) ] (21) for j=0,…,m–1, and Y j (t) = ∑ λ k ·t kα+j Γ(k+1)∞k=0 Ψ [ |μ · t α−β (αk+j+1,α−β)(n+1,1) ] (22) for j=m,…,n–1. For 0<β<α≤1, the solution of equation (18) is written in the form Y(t) = ∑ λ k ·t kα Γ(k+1)∞k=0 Ψ [ |μ · t α−β (αk+1,α−β)(n+1,1) ] – μ · ∑ λ k ·t kα+α−β Γ(k+1)∞k=0 Ψ [ |μ · t α−β (αk+1+α−β,α−β)(n+1,1) ]. (23) For 1<β<α≤2, the solution of equation (18) has the form Y(t) = a Y (t) + a Y (t), (24) here Y (t) is defined by (23), and Y (t) is defined by the equation Y (t) = ∑ λ k ·t kα+1 Γ(k+1)∞k=0 Ψ [ |μ · t α−β (αk+2,α−β)(n+1,1) ] – μ · ∑ λ k ·t kα+1+α−β Γ(k+1)∞k=0 Ψ [ |μ · t α−β (αk+2+α−β,α−β)(n+1,1) ]. (25) For 0<β<1<α≤2, the solution of equation (18) is represented by equation (24) with Y (t) in the form (23), and Y (t) that is defined by the equation Y (t) = ∑ λ k ·t kα+1 Γ(k+1)∞k=0 Ψ [ |μ · t α−β (αk+2,α−β)(n+1,1) ]. (26) For the case of the multi-parametric power-law memory, we can use Theorem 5.14 of [4, p. 319-320]. Two-parametric and multi-parametric memory allows us to take into account the power-law fading of memory for different types of economic agents. Dynamics of price growth and fixed assets with memory Some economic processes can be described by the analogous equations. For example, such processes are the price growth at a constant pace of inflation and dynamics of fixed assets. Let us consider the dynamics of price growth at a constant pace of inflation. We will assume that the price at time t is equal to P(t). The inflation pace is assumed to be equal to the constant R. Then, the price growth with power-law memory at constant pace of inflation can be described by the fractional differential equation (D P)(t) = R · P(t), (27) where D is the Caputo derivative (5). For α=1, equation (27) takes the form dP(t)dt = R · P(t). (28) Fractional differential equation (27) has the solution P(t) = ∑ P k · n−1k=0 t k · E α,k+1 [R · t α ], (29) where E α,β [z] is the two-parameter Mittag-Leffler function (10). Solution (29) describes the dynamics of price growth with power-law fading memory. For α=1, expression (29) takes the form P(t) = P(0) · exp(R · t), (30) which is the solution of equation (28), which describes the price growth at a constant pace [3, p. 81] without memory effects. As a second example we consider the dynamics of fixed assets, where we take into account the memory effects. Let B be a coefficient of disposal of fixed assets. We assume that the investment is constant, which is equal to A monetary units. We can describe the dynamics of fixed assets, if the rate of change of the fixed assets is equal to the difference between investments and disposal of fixed assets. Let us denote the fixed assets at time t≥0 by K(t). The dynamics of the fixed assets with power-law memory can be described by the fractional differential equation (D K)(t) = A − B · K(t), (31) where D is the Caputo derivative (5). For α=1, equation (31) takes the form dK(t)dt = A − B · K(t). (32) Equation (32) describes the dynamics of fixed assets [3, p. 82] without memory. The solution of equation (31) has [4, p. 323] the form K(t) = A · ∫ (t − τ) α−1 · E α,α [−B · (t − τ) α ]dτ t0 + ∑ K (k) (0) · n−1k=0 t k · E α,k+1 [−B · t α ], (33) here n-1<α≤n, E α,β [z] is the two-parameter Mittag-Leffler function (10). The calculation of the integral in equation (33) by using the change of variable ξ = t-τ, the definition (10) of the Mittag-Leffler function and term by term integration, gives solution (33) in the form K(t) = AB · (1 − E α,1 [−B · t α ]) + ∑ K (k) (0) · t k · E α,k+1 [−B · t α ] n−1k=0 , (34) where n-1<α≤n, and K (k) (0) are the values of the derivatives of the function K(t) at t=0. Solution (34) describes the dynamics of fixed assets with power-law fading memory. For 0<α≤1 (n=1) solution (34) has the form K(t) = AB · (1 − E α,1 [−B · t α ]) + K(0) · E α,k+1 [−B · t α ]. 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