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Economic growth

Title
Economic growth / Robert J. Barro, Xavier Sala-i-Martin.
Author
Barro, Robert J.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.

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Additional Authors
Sala-i-Martin, Xavier.
Description
xvi, 654 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"This graduate level text on economic growth surveys neoclassical and more recent growth theories, stressing their empirical implications and the relation of theory to data and evidence. The authors have undertaken a major revision for the long-awaited second edition of this widely used text, the first modern textbook devoted to growth theory. The book has been expanded in many areas and incorporates the latest research."--Jacket.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [629]-640) and index.
Contents
1. Growth Models with Exogenous Saving Rates (the Solow-Swan Model) -- 2. Growth Models with Consumer Optimization (the Ramsey Model) -- 3. Extensions of the Ramsey Growth Model -- 4. One-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth -- 5. Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth (with Special Attention to the Role of Human Capital) -- 6. Technological Change: Models with an Expanding Variety of Products -- 7. Technological Change: Schumpeterian Models of Quality Ladders -- 8. The Diffusion of Technology -- 9. Labor Supply and Population -- 10. Growth Accounting -- 11. Empirical Analysis of Regional Data Sets -- 12. Empirical Analysis of a Cross Section of Countries -- App. On Mathematical Methods.
ISBN
  • 0262025531
  • 9780262025539
LCCN
  • 2003059392
  • 9780262025539
OCLC
  • ocm52799109
  • 52799109
  • SCSB-1313275
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library