URL des Cahiers : https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/CAHIERS-MSEVoir aussi l'article basé sur ce document de travail paru dans "Economic Theory", Springer Verlag, 2009, 40 (2), pp.275-300Cahiers de la Maison des Sciences Economiques 2005.93 - ISSN : 1624-0340We develop a model of optimal pattern of economic development that is first rooted in physical capital accumulation and then in technical progress. We study an economy where capital accumulation and innovative activity take place within a two sector model. The first sector produces a consumption good using physical capital and non skilled labor. Technological progress in the consumption sector is driven by the research activity that takes place in the second sector. Research activity w...