Federation, and its contribution to long-term growth - a prerequisite for meeting the government's ambitious economic objectives …. The report starts with the hypothesis that Russia's economy is still "in transition," with further scope to boost growth … powerful determinant of Russia's medium-term growth and long-term prospects. There are other contributors to growth, most …

"The authors develop an endogenous growth model that combines structural change with repeated product improvement. That … nonviable owing to the relative scarcity of capital in the factor endowments of less developed countries. "--World Bank web site …

"The author analyzes the stability of the empirical relationship between growth and changes in inequality over time. He … concludes that while during the 1970s and 1980s the growth process was not accompanied by increases in inequality, during the … 1990s a positive and significant correlation appears in the data. For this decade, he estimates that a 1 percent growth …

have a positive effect on the level of income and a negative effect on its growth rate. The positive and permanent effect … on income implies a welfare gain. There is a growth effect stemming from a composition effect. However, the authors show … period 1970--90. They extend the usual specifications for economic growth regressions by incorporating an interaction term …

"Chen and Dahlman assess the effects of knowledge on economic growth. By using an array of indicators, each of which … 1960 to 2000, they show that knowledge is a significant determinant of long-term economic growth. In particular, the …-term economic growth. More specifically with regard to the growth effects of the human capital stock, they find that an increase of …