II- PROBLEMS
PROBLEM 1
In Indonesia during the 1970s the incremental capital-output ratio (ICOR) averaged 2.50 .
a. Using the Harrod-Domar growth equation, what saving rate would have been required for Indonesia to achieve an aggregate growth rate of 8 percent per annum?
b. With the same ICOR, what growth target could be achieved with a saving rate of 27 percent?
c. If there is a large increase in the saving rate, and therefore a large increase in the amount of new capital formation, is the ICOR likely to rise, fall, or remain the same? Explain.