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Productivity in Asia : economic growth and competitiveness

Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau (contributor); … - 2007

1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth accounting and productivity analysis by 33 industrial...

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Conversations on growth, stability and trade : an historical perspective

Snowdon, Brian - 2002

1. Introduction : the world economy in historical perspective -- 2. Economic growth and development : a very long-run view -- 3. Growth theories : old and new -- 4. Managing aggregate economic instability : from Keynes to Lucas -- 5. International economic integration in the Second Global Age.

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Consumption and growth : recovery and structural change in the US economy

Gualerzi, Davide - 2001

The theme of this extensive book is the relationship between consumption and growth in the context of the long run theory of effective demand. Taking Schumpeter's views on economic development as a starting point, the author proposes an original framework for the analysis of consumption patterns...

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Institutions and trade policy

Finger, J. M. - 2002

This book reprints 18 essays selected from almost 30 years of work by the author as a high level official at the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the US Treasury Department and the World Bank. These essays report some of the core analytical thinking behind positions taken by these...

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Alliance capitalism for the new American economy

Rugman, Alan M. (contributor); Boyd, Gavin (contributor) - 2003

Alliance Capitalism for the New American Economy advocates engagement with the USA's macromanagement problems in a … spirit of alliance capitalism, for the development of a more integrated, dynamic economy. Whereas most studies of the USA …1. The American political economy -- 2. Problems of governance in the USA -- 3. American structural and policy …

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Transatlantic sport : the comparative economics of North American and European sports

Barros, Carlos Pestana (contributor); … - 2002

This book offers a comparative perspective on the economics of sport and highlights both the similarities and differences in the North American and European models of sport. It tackles policy issues, such as the organising, financing and regulation of team sports alongside theoretical issues...

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The economic growth engine : how energy and work drive material prosperity

Ayres, Robert U. - 2009

The historic link between output (GDP) growth and employment has weakened. Since there is no quantitively verifiable economic theory to explain past growth, this unique book explores the fundamental relationship between thermodynamics (physical work) and economics

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The new economy and beyond : past, present and future

Jansen, Dennis W. (contributor) - 2006

What is the New Economy, what makes it new, and what are the implications for antitrust, regulation and macroeconomic policy? Providing a non-technical and compelling analysis of the modern macro-economy, the contributors to this volume, eminent scholars all, provide their views on the New...

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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States

Storrie, Donald W. (contributor); … - 2003

employment in the USA -- 8. Contingent employment in the Netherlands -- 9. Conclusions : contingent employment in Europe and the …

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Organizational innovations and economic growth : organosis and growth of firms, sectors, and countries

Sanidas, Elias - 2005

Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of …1. Introduction -- 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan -- 3. The role of OIs in the … the USA and Japan -- 7. Empirical evidence on the links between industrial sectoral growth and the Lean Production System …

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