Considering the examples of Australia and the Pacific Rim, Growth and Productivity in East Asia offers a contemporary … microeconomic study with theoretical and empirical approaches. Growth and Productivity in East Asia gives special attention to the … causes for the unusual success of Australia, one of the few nations to maintain unprecedented economic growth despite the …

not on differential trends and do not enjoy higher output, investment, or employment growth thereafter. Using manager …

This paper documents that the Rise of (Western) Europe between 1500 and 1850 is largely accounted for by the growth of …. Atlantic trade and colonialism affected Europe both directly, and indirectly by inducing institutional changes. In particular …, the growth of New World, African, and Asian trade after 1500 strengthened new segments of the commercial bourgeoisie, and …