Long-run growth in the OECD: A test of the parallel growth paths hypothesis
A prediction of a class of neoclassical growth models is that countries with similar levels of integration in the world economy will have parallel long-run growth paths. We test this hypothesis for the OECD, using estimates of long-run mean growth rates of per capita output for each country for the period 1870-2005. The results show strong evidence for unconditional [beta]-convergence only in the post-WWII period of 1951-1974. The results serve as a caution against drawing inferences regarding long-run growth patterns from this sample of countries when the time frame includes the post-WWII golden-age period.
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2009
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Authors: | Landon-Lane, John S. ; Robertson, Peter E. |
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Explorations in Economic History. - Elsevier, ISSN 0014-4983. - Vol. 46.2009, 3, p. 346-355
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | O33 047 F43 Economic growth Convergence Technological change Golden age |
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