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The economics of growth
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The economics of growth

Author: Philippe Aghion; Peter Howitt; Leonardo Bursztyn
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Philippe Aghion; Peter Howitt; Leonardo Bursztyn
ISBN: 9780262012638 0262012634
OCLC Number: 234257150
Description: xxii, 495 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Pt. 1. Basic paradigms of growth theory -- Neoclassical Growth Theory -- The AK model -- Product variety -- The Schumpeterian model -- Capital, innovation, and growth accounting -- Pt. 2. Understanding the growth process -- Finance and growth -- Technology transfer and cross-country convergence -- Market size and directed technical change -- General-purpose technologies -- Stages of growth -- Institutions and nonconvergence traps -- Pt. 3. Growth policy -- Fostering competition and entry -- Investing in education -- Reducing volatility and risk -- Liberalizing trade -- Preserving the environment -- Promoting democracy -- Looking ahead: Culture and development -- Appendix: Basic elements of econometrics -- A.1. The simple regression model -- A.2. The ordinary least squares estimator -- A.3. Multiple regression analysis -- A.4. Inference and hypothesis testing -- A.5. How to deal with the endogeneity problem -- A.6. Fixed-effects regressions -- A.7. Reading a regression table.
Responsibility: Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt ; with the collaboration of Leonardo Bursztyn.
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