There has been a revival of interest in the effect of risk on economic growth. We quantify both ex ante and ex post … remarkable long-running panel data set for rural households in Zimbabwe. We find that risk substantially reduces growth: in the …, the first micro-based estimate of the effect of shocks on growth. About two-thirds of the impact of risk is due to the ex …

The transition from stagnation to growth and the associated phenomenon of the great divergence have been the subject of … an intensive research in the growth literature in recent years. The discrepancy between the predictions of exogenous and … endogenous growth models and the process of development over most of human history, induced growth theorists to advance an …

Economic growth depends not only on how people make decisions but also upon how their decisions are coordinated … literature on economic growth, and also with reference to an older literature on the stability of full-employment equilibrium …. Agent-based computational methods are ideally suited for studying the aspects of growth most affected by coordination issues. …

Growth Theory explores the evolution of societies over the entire course of human history. It uncovers the universal wheels … of change that have governed the journey of humanity, driven the growth process, and shaped inequality across the globe …. The theory sheds light on two of the most fundamental mysteries surrounding this journey: (i) The Mystery of Growth …

The innovative approach presented introduces a modified neoclassical growth model which includes a new bias of … technological progress in a quasi-endogenous growth model in which part of labor is used in the research & development sector. The … capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

Inside Debt and Economic Growth: A Cambridge - Kaleckian Analysis Abstract Inside debt is a fundamental feature of … capitalist economies. This paper examines the growth effects of consumer and corporate debt using a Cambridge - Kaleckian growth … framework. According to the Cambridge - Kaleckian model inside debt has an ambiguous effect on growth. This is counter to the …

Does a country's level of unemployment have an impact on the long-run growth rate? Incorporating unemployment into a … generalised Solow-type growth model yields some answers. In the traditional Solow model, unemployment has no long-run influence on … the growth rate and the level of productivity. The long-run level of productivity is reduced if higher unemployment leads …

in a simple growth model by highlighting real option effects. We endogenize the drift rate of real option by connecting … sector and show the different implications of idiosyncratic and aggregate uncertainty on growth dynamics. …