Economic growth and development / edited by Olivier de La Grandville.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

La Grandville, Olivier de.

Series:

Frontiers of economics and globalization ; v. 11.

Frontiers of economics and globalization, 1574-8715 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Development economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (608 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley [England] : Emerald Group Pub. Ltd., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the very beginnings of economics as a science, which might be dated from Ibn Khalduns Introduction to History (1377), the challenge of making societies escape from poverty and attain some degree of prosperity has always been, and will remain, a fundamental issue. It was and it is still recognized today that this central venture is multi-faceted. Inasmuch as investment and technical progress are central in the growth and development process, many other dimensions must be taken into consideration, such as institutions, the openness of the economy, the protection of the environment. This book will presents cutting edge research on each of these issues and is features a preface from Ken Arrow.

Contents:

ch. 1. How growth can undermine growth : three examples / Kenneth J. Arrow

ch. 2. Commodity price volatility, democracy, and economic growth / Rabah Arezki, Thorvaldur Gylfason

ch. 3. Growth, colonization, and institutional development : in and out of Africa / Graziella Bertocchi

ch. 4. On the relation between investment and economic growth : new cross-country empirical evidence / Michael Binder, Susanne Bröck

ch. 5. Vintage capital growth theory : three breakthroughs / Raouf Boucekkine, David de la Croix, Omar Licandro

ch. 6. Adaptive economizing, creativity, and multiple-phase evolution / Richard H. Day

ch. 7. An explicit nonstationary stochastic growth model / Robert Feicht, Wolfgang Stummer

ch. 8. Growth volatility and the structure of the economy / Davide Fiaschi, Andrea Mario Lavezzi

ch. 9. Stability of growth models with generalized lag structures / Donald A.R. George

ch. 10. On the track of the world's economic center of gravity / Jean-Marie Grether, Nicole Andréa Mathys

ch. 11. Homothetic multisector growth models / Bjarne S. Jensen, Ulla Lehmijoki

ch. 12. Medium-term growth : the role of policies and institutions / Michal Jerzmanowski, David Cuberes

ch. 13. Modeling parameter heterogeneity in cross-country regression models / Andros Kourtellos

ch. 14. How much should a nation save? : a new answer / Olivier de La Grandville

ch. 15. Aggregation, the skill premium, and the two-level production function / Miguel A. León-Ledesma, Peter McAdam, Alpo Willman

ch. 16. Factor substitution and biased technology with balanced growth / Miguel A. León-Ledesma, Mathan Satchi

ch. 17. Illegal immigration, factor substitution, and economic growth / Theodore Palivos, Jianpo Xue, Chong K. Yip

ch. 18. Investment, technical progress, and the consequences of the global economic crisis / John Pawley, Ernst Juerg Weber

ch. 19. Market power, growth, and unemployment / Pietro F. Peretto

ch. 20. Optimal abatement investment and environmental policies under pollution uncertainty / Enrico Saltari, Giuseppe Travaglini

ch. 21. Robotics and growth / Erling Steigum

ch. 22. Government and growth : friend or foe? / Milad Zarin-Nejadan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9786613406415

9781283406413

1283406411

9781780523972

1780523971

OCLC:

772689452