Handbook of economic growth. Volume 1B [electronic resource] / edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven N. Durlauf.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Other Authors: Aghion, Philippe, Durlauf, Steven N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Handbooks in economics ; bk. 22.
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Table of Contents:
  • Technology. 16. Growth and ideas (C.I. Jones).
  • 17. Long-term economic growth and the history of technology (J. Mokyr).
  • 18. General purpose technologies (B. Jovanovic, P.L. Rousseau).
  • 19. Technological progress and economic transformation (J. Greenwood, A. Seshadri).
  • 20. Wage inequality and technology (A. Hornstein, P. Krusell, G. Violante).
  • 21. A unified theory of the evolution of international income levels (S. Parente, E. Prescott).
  • Part 5: Trade and geography.
  • 22. A global view of economic growth (J. Ventura).
  • 23. Trade, growth and the size of nations (A. Alesina, E. Spolaore, R. Wacziag).
  • 24. Urbanization and growth (J.V. Henderson).
  • Part 6: Growth and the socioeconomic environment.
  • 25. Inequality, technology, and the social contract (R. Benabou).
  • 26. Social capital (S. Durlauf, M. Fafchamps).
  • 27. The effect of economic growth on social structures (F. Bourguignon).
  • 28. Economic growth and the environment (W. Brock, M.S. Taylor)