global problems such as growth and debt, as well as social issues such as the predictive value of SAT scores, drug …, he considers democracy, growth, and international policy, and in the final part he examines fiscal policy, monetary …

What political and economic factors stimulate growth and make an economy expand? These original contributions by some … technological variables that encourage or impede economic growth. Topics range from economic reform and price flexibility to the …, economists have seen important new developments linking growth and business cycles to government policy. These contributions …

understanding the political economy of education -- the complex relationship of education, economic growth, and income distribution … of the development of public education and a review of current econometric evidence on education, growth, and income …

developing countries. This book is the first to study the significant-growth in foreign direct investment by such countries and …

growth; institutional aspects of the innovation process; and the effectiveness of monetary policy in stabilizing the economy. … between innovation and the stock market value of the innovating firm; competition policy; demand factors as determinants of …

Innovation in information and communication technology (ICT) fuels the growth of the global economy. How ICT markets … innovation and economic growth require new approaches in global governance that will reconcile diverse interests and enable … innovation. For example, in the 1980s and the 1990s a revolution in communication policy (the introduction of sweeping …

decades. Interpreted within the framework of the neoclassical theory of economic growth, this experience provides essential … guidelines for future policy formation. Volume 2: Energy, the Environment, and Economic Growth presents a new econometric general … equilibrium model of the United States that captures the dynamic mechanisms underlying growth trends and responses to energy and …

, unified framework works as well for short-term business fluctuation as for long-term economic growth. This latest edition … includes the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in economic growth, recent evidence on the macroeconomics of …