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Discussion
Watch the units, the y on the spreadsheet has US set as 100, not 1 Egypt - jphelps2@wisc.edu (Friday, 11:00 discussion)

Key Stats
k^{1/3} math ||= **Implied TFP** ||= **I/Y** ||= **K/Y** ||^  || ||> -1.10% || (Notes: **Pop** is 2007 population in millions. **GDP/Pop** is 2007 per capita GDP in 2005 dollars using international prices. **y** is per capita GDP divided by US per capita GDP (i.e. normalized so that the US value is 1). **k^1/3** is capital per capita divided by the US value of capital per capita and then raised to the 1/3 power. **Implied TFP** is **y** divided by **k^1/3**. **I/Y** is the average savings rate from 1980-2007. **K/Y** is the 2007 capital-output ratio. **g** is the average growth rate from 1960-2007. Click here for links to the source data and tips for calculating.)
 * ~ Name ||~ Pop ||~ GDP/Pop ||~ y ||||= Prod Model (Ch 4) ||||= Solow Model (Ch 5) ||~ g ||
 * ^  ||^   ||^   ||^   ||= math
 * Egypt ||> 80.335 ||> 5708 ||> .133096 ||> 0.351 ||> 0.37919 ||> 11.667% ||> 1.03 ||> 2.74% ||
 * Algeria ||> 33.363 ||> 6421 ||> .149725 ||> 0.202 ||> 0.741 ||> 38.8008% ||> 4.29 ||> 1.22% ||
 * Morocco ||> 33.826 ||> 5420 ||> .126378 ||> 0.428 ||> 0.29528 ||> 12.147% ||> 1.97 ||> 2.87% ||
 * Tunisia ||>  ||>   ||>   ||>   ||>   ||>   ||>   ||>   ||
 * Libya ||> 6.036 ||> 19089 ||> .135628 ||> 0.7670 ||> 0.17691 ||> 13.54813% ||>