The Forces of Economic Growth

A Time Series Perspective

Alfred Greiner

200 pages, parution le 02/03/2005

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In economics, the emergence of New Growth Theory in recent decades has directed attention to an old and important problem: what are the forces of economic growth and how can public policy enhance them? This book examines major forces of growth--including spillover effects and externalities, education and formation of human capital, knowledge creation through deliberate research efforts, and public infrastructure investment. Unique in emphasizing the importance of different forces for particular stages of development, it offers wide-ranging policy implications in the process.

The authors critically examine recently developed endogenous growth models, study the dynamic implications of modified models, and test the models empirically with modern time series methods that avoid the perils of heterogeneity in cross-country studies. Their empirical analyses, undertaken with newly constructed time series data for the United States and some core countries of the Euro zone, show that models containing scale effects, such as the R&D model and the human capital model, are compatible with time series evidence only after considerable modifications and nonlinearities are introduced. They also explore the relationship between growth and inequality, with particular focus on technological change and income disparity. The Forces of Economic Growth represents a comprehensive and up-to-date empirical time series perspective on the New Growth Theory.

Sommaire

Economic Growth in Historical Perspective
Growth Models and Time Series Evidence
Externelities of Investment and Economic Growth
Education and Economic Growth
Knowledge Accumulation and Economic Growth
Endogenous Growth and Income Inequality
Conclusions

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Princeton University Press
Auteur(s)	Alfred Greiner
Parution	02/03/2005
Nb. de pages	200
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	460g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780691119182
ISBN13	978-0-691-11918-2