This paper examines the evidence for regional convergence or catch-up in levels and growth rates of per capita income …, Re-Weighted Least Squares, and Least Trimmed Squares - establish that unconditional convergence in growth rates does not …

have occurred frequently in the recent past.  Unsurprisingly, adverse shocks reduce the short-term growth of constant … growth loss from adverse non-agricultural export price shocks and so are particularly ill-suited to mineral exporting …

We study the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on optimum growth and climate policy by using an endogenous growth … leads to suboptimal carbon taxes and suboptimal growth and resource extraction. …

.  Our multi-region model of growth and climate change indicates that without international lump-sum transfers the …

trade in explaining British living standards or growth rates.  We construct a three-region model of the world in which ….  This contrast is robust to a large range of parameter perturbations.  Biased technological change and population growth …

We present evidence that an increase in investment as a share of GDP predicts a higher growth rate of output per worker … growth rates is consistent with the main implication of certain endogenous growth models, such as the AK model. …

What are the sources of productivity growth? Economic theory offers a panoply of explanations, considering the effects …

particular the evolution of wages and employment across sectors.  We find that wage growth in the agriculture sector is … significantly higher in earthquake affected areas.  We propose two mechanisms for this result: a higher growth rate of the price of …

the optimal path is characterized by a constant growth rate of consumption and the capital stock until a shock arrives … intensity of emissions.  A sharp response of the optimum growth rate and the abatement share to changes in the arrival rate and … subsequently extend the baseline model by adding climate-induced fluctuations around the growth trend and stock-pollution effects …