Old and new growth theories : an assessment / edited by Neri Salvadori.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salvadori, Neri.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Physical Description:

xv, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

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

Contents:

1 Old and new growth theories: a unifying structure? / Stephen J. Turnovsky 1

2 'Old' thoughts on 'new' growth theory / Anthony P. Thirlwall 44

3 Old and new growth theories: what role for aggregate demand? / Carlo Panico 53

4 New growth theory, effective demand, and post-Keynesian dynamics / Amitava Krishna Dutt 67

5 Exogenous and endogenous growth in the Solow and Arrow models, and the Swan proposition / Giacomo Costa 101

6 Model robustness in 'old' and 'new' growth theory / Francesco Guala, Andrea Salanti 115

7 On 'measuring' knowledge in new (endogenous) growth theory / Ian Steedman 127

8 On the mechanics of technical change: new and old ideas in economic growth / Theo S. Eicher 134

9 Technical change, effective demand and economic growth / Michael A. Landesmann, Robert Stehrer 155

10 Schumpeterian growth theory and Schumpeter's monetary ideas: a suggested integration / Guido Cozzi 191

11 Distribution and policy in the new growth literature / Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa 215

12 Does investment cause growth? A test of an endogenous demand-driven theory of growth applied to India 1950-96 / Ramesh Chandra, Roger J. Sandilands 240

13 When Romer meets Lucas: on human capital, imperfect competition and growth / Alberto Bucci 261

14 The enigma of medieval craft guilds: a model of social inertia and technological change / Maria Rosaria Carillo, Alberto Zazzaro 286

15 Effective demand and growth in a one-sector Keynesian model / Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho 309

16 Neo-Kaleckian growth dynamics and the state of long-run expectations: wage- versus profit-led growth reconsidered / Mark Setterfield 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1843760746

OCLC:

50898841