what is exogenous growth 
exogenous growth a key tenet of neoclassical economic theory states that economic growth is fueled by technological progress independent of economic forces understanding exogenous growththe exogenous growth theory states that economic growth arises due to influences outside the economy the underlying assumption is that economic prosperity is primarily determined by external independent factors as opposed to internal interdependent factors from a broad economic sense the concept of exogenous growth grew out of the neoclassical growth model the exogenous growth model factors in production diminishing returns of capital savings rates and technological variables to determine economic growth exogenous growth vs endogenous growththe exogenous growth and endogenous growth theories are part of the neoclassical growth models both models stress the role of technological progress in achieving sustained economic growth however the former posits that technological progress alone outside of the economic system is the key determinant in maximizing productivity whereas the latter suggests that an economy s long term growth is a byproduct of the activities within that economic system that result in technological progress exogenous external growth factors include things such as the rate of technological advancement or the savings rate endogenous internal growth factors meanwhile would be capital investment policy decisions and an expanding workforce population these factors are modeled by the solow model the ramsey model and the harrod domar model to sum up these models given a fixed amount of labor and static technology economic growth will cease at some point as ongoing production reaches a state of equilibrium based on internal demand factors once this equilibrium is reached exogenous factors are then needed to stoke growth 