The book brings together contributions by scholars from several countries and different “sister” disciplines (Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Economics, Innovation Studies) with different approaches to the same crucial issue: how geography, culture and institutions influence regional...

Preface -- 1 Growth and International Trade: Introduction and Stylized Facts -- Part I: Growth -- 2 Modeling the Growth of the World Economy: The Basic Overlapping Generations Model -- 3 Steady State, Factor Income, and Technological Progress -- 4 Economic Growth and Public Debt in the World...