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Growth, unemployment, and deindustrialization
Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2000
dual labour market * the relative stagnancy of Europe versus the USA in terms of productivity levels and unemployment … * transitional dynamics in two-sector endogenous growth models * the causes of deindustrialization * the role of trade unions and … efficiency-wage considerations Growth, Unemployment and Deindustrialization will be of paramount interest to scholars of …
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Economic growth and change : national and regional patterns of convergence and divergence
Pigliaru, Francesco (contributor); Adams, John (contributor) - 1999
The pursuit of economic growth is at the top of every nation's policy agenda at the end of the 20th century. This authoritative and comprehensive book goes beyond the narrowly-based convergence model of economic growth by considering global, national and regional patterns of growth from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851184
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The rise of Asia : the 'flying-geese' theory of tandem growth and regional agglomeration
Ozawa, Terutomo - 2009
Terutomo Ozawa introduces a newly reformulated theory of 'flying-geese' economic development, exploring Asia's dynamic growth and financial development. This unique book shows how the flying-geese theory can be expanded and applied to both the real- and the financial-sector structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852085
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Innovation and the growth of cities
Ács, Zoltán J. - 2002
Machine generated contents note: 1 Technology and entrepreneurship 1 -- 2 Knowledge, innovation and firm size 24 -- 3 Local geographic spillovers 44 -- 4 Sectoral characteristics 63 -- 5 Innovation of entrepreneurial firms 74 -- 6 Capital structure, innovation and firm size 98 -- 7 Employment...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850857
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851066
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The future of economic growth : as new becomes old
Boyer, Robert - 2004
In this book, Robert Boyer follows the origins, course and collapse of the "new economy" and proposes a new interpretation of US dynamism during the 1990s. He argues that the diffusion of information and communication technologies is only part of a story that also requires understanding of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851599
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World finance and economic stability : selected essays of James Tobin
Tobin, James - 2003
Nobel Prize winner James Tobin has made outstanding contributions to modern macroeconomics. In this final collection of his work he examines the economic policies of the United States and its relations with other major economies after 1990. In James Tobin's view, the welfare of populations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851797
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Long-run growth and short-run stabilization : essays in memory of Albert Ando
Ando, Albert (contributor);  … - 2006
There is much confusion in the economics literature on wage determination and the employment-inflation trade-off. Few model builders pay as much careful attention to the definition and meaning of long-run concepts as did Albert Ando. Expanding on years of painstaking work by Ando, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851839
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852051