Rousseau and Wachtel (2011) [Rousseau, P., Wachtel, P., 2011. What is happening to the impact of financial deepening on economic growth? Economic Inquiry 49, 276-288] find a weakening effect of bank finance on growth for more recent periods in replicating King and Levine (1993) [King, R. G.,...

The development of European technology platforms is a valuable building block of European science and technology policy. Out of the range of technology platforms, seven technology fields were chosen and investigated for their potential impacts on selected economies of the European Union. The...

In this chapter we discuss the relationship between changes in a country's age structure and its economic growth and productivity. We summarize the recent literature on the impact of a country's age structure on economic growth and relate the results to our own empirical findings. Our results...