.S. productivity levels during the postwar period and finds strong evidence for this phenomenon up to 1990, with rapid growth in … the 1990s, reflecting slower growth in OECD countries, a diminishing of the forces behind the convergence process given …

International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists …. <i>Power and Plenty</i> fills this gap, providing the first full account of world trade and development over the course …-way interplay of trade and geopolitics, and how war and peace have been critical determinants of international trade over the very …

International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists …. <i>Power and Plenty</i> fills this gap, providing the first full account of world trade and development over the course …-way interplay of trade and geopolitics, and how war and peace have been critical determinants of international trade over the very …

This paper explores the role of imports as a mechanism of transmission of international technology spillovers and its … significance for the growth of the OECD countries. For this purpose we estimate a version of the growth model proposed by Benhabib … measurement of international technology spillovers instead of using per capita GDP gap in respect to the leader country as …

change can display rapid growth, as in modern growth ‘miracles.’ In these economies policies that promote technology inflows …<Para ID="Par1">This paper studies the interaction between technology, a public input that flows in from abroad, and … human capital, a private input that is accumulated domestically, as twin engines of growth in a developing economy. The …

In this paper we study a model for endogenous growth based on technology diffusion across European countries with … technology growth itself fosters the off-shoring process of business services. Our calculations are an outcome of a program we … contribution to growth of each country, arising from every other individual country and for every strategic variable of the model …

to a large extent to the differences in their population growth rates, which are due mainly to inter-regional migrations. …

Global hyperconnectivity and increased system integration have led to vast benefits, including worldwide growth in … incomes, education, innovation, and technology. But rapid globalization has also created concerns because the repercussions of … greater protectionism, xenophobia, nationalism, and, inevitably, deglobalization, rising conflict, and slower growth. The …

assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares …--energy capture per capita, organization, information technology, and war-making capacity--and he uses archaeological, historical, and …

become an even more important determinant of growth through its impact on innovation. This note reviews global trends that …