We consider a neoclassical interpretation of Germany and Japan's rapid postwar growth that relies on a catch … and investment, we are able to capture many of the key empirical properties of Germany and Japan's postwar transitions …

Group-of-Five (G-5) countries: France, West Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and United states. It is assumed that all … France, West Germany and Japan, and between 8 and 10 percent per annum for the U.K. and the U.S. for the period under study …, the productive efficiencies of France, West Germany and Japan rose rapidly from less than 40 percent of the U.S. level in …

explaining the relative East Germany-West Germany performance during the post-World War II era. We argue that previous work was … prospects of catching up with West Germany during the post-reunification era. We show, first, that the rates of technical change … account for the fact that East Germany was not the socialist showcase for which it was frequently taken before German …

formal quantitative analysis. We begin with studies of the Dutch Republic, England, the U.S., France, Germany and Japan that …