The theory of economic growth : a 'classical' perspective / edited by Neri Salvadori.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salvadori, Neri.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Physical Description:

xiii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]

Contents:

1. Theories of economic growth: old and new / Heinz D. Kurz, Neri Salvadori 1

2. The structure of growth models: a comparative survey / Antonio D'Agata, Giuseppe Freni 23

3. Endogenous growth theory as a Lakatosian case study / Mario Pomini 42

4. Endogenous growth in a multi-sector economy / Giuseppe Freni, Fausto Gozzi, Neri Salvadori 60

5. Income distribution and consumption patterns in a 'Classical' growth model / Davide Fiaschi, Rodolfo Signorino 81

6. Keynesian theories of growth / Pasquale Commendatore, Salvatore D'Acunto, Carlo Panico, Antonio Pinto 103

7. Should the theory of endogenous growth be based on Say's law and the full employment of resources? / Fabio Petri 139

8. The demographic transition and neoclassical models of balanced growth / Piero Manfredi, Luciano Fanti 161

9. Human capital formation in the new growth theory: the role of 'social factors' / Maria Rosaria Carillo 185

10. The evolutionary perspective on growth / Grazia D. Santangelo 204

11. Competition, rent-seeking and growth: Smith versus the endogenous growth theory / Antonio D'Agata 221

12. R&D models of economic growth and the long-term evolution of productivity and innovation / Mauro Caminati 235

13. Competition and technical change in Aghion and Howitt: a formalisation of Marx's ideas? / Maria Daniela Giammanco 259

14. Division of labour and economic growth: Paul Romer's contribution in an historical perspective / Andrea Mario Lavezzi 271

15. The interaction between growth and cycle in macrodynamic models of the economy / Serena Sordi 284

16. Real business cycle models, endogenous growth models and cyclical growth: a critical survey / Davide Fiaschi, Serena Sordi 305

17. Growth theory and the environment: how to include matter without making it really matter / Tommaso Luzzati 329

18. Modelling growth and financial intermediation through information frictions: a critical survey / Salvatore Capasso 342.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-385) and index.

ISBN:

184376010X

OCLC:

50898873