The Economics of Growth - Table of Contents

January 2009
7 x 9, 512 pp., 58 illus.
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ISBN-10:
0-262-01263-4
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-01263-8

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The Economics of Growth
Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt

Complete Contents Sample Chapter - Download PDF (582 KB)			vii

Preface Sample Chapter - Download PDF (591 KB)			xvii

Acknowledgments Sample Chapter - Download PDF (570 KB)			xxi

Introduction			1

PART I: BASIC PARADIGMS OF GROWTH THEORY			19

	1	Neoclassical Growth Theory	21

	2	The AK Model	47

	3	Product Variety	69

	4	The Schumpeterian Model	85

	5	Capital, Innovation, and Growth Accounting	105

PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE GROWTH PROCESS			127

	6	Finance and Growth	129

	7	Technology Transfer and Cross-Country Convergence	151

	8	Market Size and Directed Technical Change	169

	9	General-Purpose Technologies	193

	10	Stages of Growth	217

	11	Institutions and Nonconvergence Traps	237

PART III: GROWTH POLICY			265

	12	Fostering Competition and Entry	267

	13	Investing in Education	287

	14	Reducing Volatility and Risk	319

	15	Liberalizing Trade	353

	16	Preserving the Environment	377

	17	Promoting Democracy	399

CONCLUSION			417

	18	Looking Ahead: Culture and Development	419

Appendix: Basic Elements of Econometrics			443

References			457

Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (643 KB)			477

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