Government and Growth (Hardcover)

The sixth volume in the FIEF Studies in Labour Markets and Economic Policy series is a contribution to the empirical literature on endogenous growth theory, which studies the interrelationships of institutions, government policies, distribution, and growth. After an Introductory overview by the editor, the volume contains four main chapters, each of which is followed by review comments: Alesina and Perotti review recent literature on the political economy of growth, and discuss such topics as the relationship between income instability and growth, whether democratic institutions and civil liberties influence growth performance, and whether income inequality hampers growth or not. Hansson and Henrekson study the tendency--predicted by neoclassical growth theory--of per capita income and productivity to converge between countries. They focus on the diffusion of technology and the phenomenon of 'catching up', whereby poor countries copy the production methods and possibily organizational methods in advanced countries. Grier uses a similar neoclassical production-function approach, but brings in some new explanatory factors for the growth process, including union density, the existence

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	FIEF Studies in Labor Markets and Economic Policy
Release date:	December 1997
First published:	March 1998
Editors:	Villy Bergstroem
Dimensions:	227 x 146 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	276
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-829037-7
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Public finance > General Books > Money & Finance > Public finance > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-829037-3
Barcode:	9780198290377

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