economic development. The empirical analysis performed in the thesis, and summarised here, focuses on two mayor world trends in … modern economic development, namely increasing agglomeration and rising inequalities within countries. In particular, the … impact of both trends on long-run economic growth is studied, and results are discussed in light of relevant policy debate. …

at different stages of development when entering in a new catching-up cycle. Thus, the technological drivers of growth …This article studies the role of technology drivers in catching up at different stages of development. Countries can be …] can play different roles to accelerate the rate of growth and change their relative position in the leadership rank (win …