The Link Between Standardization and Economic Growth : A Bibliometric Analysis

We analyze the link between standardization and economic growth by systematically reviewing leading economics journals, leading economic growth researchers’ articles, and economic growth related books. We make the following observations: 1) No article has analyzed the link between standardization and economic growth in top 5 economics journals between 1996 and 2018. 2) A representative sample of the leading researchers of economic growth has allocated little attention to the link between standardization and economic growth. 3) Typically, economic growth textbooks do not contain “standards” or “standardization” in their word indices. These findings suggest that the economic growth theory has neglected the role of standardization