Capital accumulation, capital-output ratios and total factor productivity in Singapore

• Main Author: Sng, Hui Ying
• Other Authors: Chia, Wai Mun
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: World Scientific 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105406; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/26225
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Capital, together with labor, land and technology, are the key factors of production.Various growth theories relate the growth of capital to the growth of output. In Rostow’s growth model, an increase of investment rate to 10% or more is necessary before growth can gather enough momentum to take...