Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution presents a set of original contributions to the much …-debated issues of long-run economic growth in relation to institutional and social progress …Institutions and the beginning of economic growth in eighteenth-century Britain -- The coevolution of institutions and …

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 … conversion to useful work -- ch. 5. Economic growth theories -- ch. 6. The production function approach. -- ch. 7. Numerical …

structure, innovation and firm size 98 -- 7 Employment growth in metropolitan areas 115 -- 8 Employment, wages and R …This new and original book by Zoltan Acs explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at … the growth of cities by the use of endogenous growth theory …

Knowledge, Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth investigates the relationship between knowledge diffusion and … economic growth. Using a broad definition of knowledge - encompassing technology, production skills, know-how and firm … growth. Mark Rogers uses both neoclassical and endogenous growth models to construct testable hypotheses in order to gauge …

innovative book, Frank Hettich uses dynamic modelling to study the interactions between economic growth, environmental policy and … tax reform. He incorporates pollution and abatement technologies into different endogenous growth models that take into … economic growth? * does environmental taxation provide an efficient source of revenue for governments? * how will higher …

This modern and comprehensive book offers a broad survey of economic growth theory, with special emphasis on the impact … of natural resources on long-term development. The book begins with the standard growth models of the 1950s and 1960s and … extends its analysis to the so-called 'new' growth theory, in which the long-term growth rate of an economy becomes an …

The Theory of Economic Growth compares the main theories of growth from Adam Smith to the present day in order to …-classical. They perform a 'horizontal' analysis of a wide range of items connected with growth theory, such as competition, technical … given to the evolutionary approach to economic growth. This book will be of great interest to scholars of economic growth …

Frequent references are made to the 'Asian economic miracle' as a means of describing the wave of GDP growth … Japan - have long reached a level of GDP beyond which further growth is detrimental to their sustainable welfare while the … requires the wealthy nations to focus on qualitative improvement (development) rather than GDP growth. As for the poorer …

information about China's economy after WTO accession and analyses many important issues concerning China's economic growth …pt. I. Economic growth and globalization -- pt. 2. Foreign direct investment and exchange rate -- pt. 3. Agricultural …