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catalog abstract "Designed for advanced undergraduates, this text discusses economic growth, how economists have come to understand the growth of countries, how the poor are poor, and how fast rich and poor countries grow.".
catalog alternative "Economic growth".
catalog contributor b12391498.
catalog created "c2002.".
catalog date "2002".
catalog date "c2002.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
catalog description "1 Introduction: The Facts of Economic Growth 1 -- 1.1 The Data of Growth and Development 3 -- 1.2 Other "Stylized Facts" 13 -- 2 The Solow Model 20 -- 2.1.1 Solving the Basic Solow Model 26 -- 2.1.2 The Solow Diagram 27 -- 2.1.3 Comparative Statics 30 -- 2.1.4 Properties of the Steady State 32 -- 2.1.5 Economic Growth in the Simple Model 34 -- 2.2 Technology and the Solow Model 36 -- 2.2.1 The Solow Diagram with Technology 38 -- 2.2.2 Solving for the Steady State 39 -- 2.3 Evaluating the Solow Model 43 -- 2.4 Growth Accounting, the Productivity Slowdown, and the New Economy 45 -- Appendix Closed-form Solution of the Solow Model 50 -- 3 Empirical Applications of Neoclassical Growth Models 54 -- 3.1 The Solow Model with Human Capital 54 -- 3.2 Convrgence and Explaining Differences in Growth Rates 63 -- 3.3 The Evolution of the Income Distribution 71 -- 4".
catalog description "9.5 Implications and Explanations of Declining Factor Shares 185 -- 10 Understanding Economic Growth 193 -- 10.1 Why Are We So Rich and They So Poor? 194 -- 10.2 What Is the Engine of Economic Growth? 195 -- 10.3 How Do We Understand Growth Miracles? 195 -- Appendix A Mathematical Review 199 -- A.1 Derivatives 199 -- A.1.1 What Does K Mean? 199 -- A.1.2 What Is a Growth Rate? 200 -- A.1.3 Growth Rates and Natural Logs 201 -- A.1.4 "Take Logs and Derivatives" 202 -- A.1.5 Ratios and Growth Rates 202 -- A.1.6 [Delta]log versus Percentage Change 203 -- A.2 Integration 204 -- A.2.1 An Important Rule of Integration 205 -- A.3 Simple Differential Equations 205 -- A.3.1 Compound Interest 208 -- A.4 Maximization of A Function 209.".
catalog description "Designed for advanced undergraduates, this text discusses economic growth, how economists have come to understand the growth of countries, how the poor are poor, and how fast rich and poor countries grow.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-226) and index.".
catalog description "Social Infrastructure and Long-run Economic Performance 136 -- 7.1 A Business Investment Problem 137 -- 7.2 Determinants of F 138 -- 7.3 Determinants of II 140 -- 7.4 Which Investments to Make? 142 -- 7.5 Empirical Evidence 143 -- 7.6 The Choice of Social Infrastructure 147 -- 7.7 Growth Miracles and Disasters 149 -- 8 Alternative Theories of Endogenous Growth 156 -- 8.1 A Simple Endogenous Growth Model: The "AK" Model 157 -- 8.2 Intuition and other Growth Models 160 -- 8.3 Externalities and AK Models 161 -- 8.4 Evaluating Endogenous Growth Models 164 -- 8.5 What Is Endogenous Growth? 166 -- 9 Natural Resources and Economic Growth 169 -- 9.1 Land in the Solow Model 170 -- 9.2 Nonrenewable Resources 173 -- 9.2.1 Setup 173 -- 9.2.2 The Balanced Growth Path 176 -- 9.3 Quantifying the Importance of Natural Resources 178 -- 9.4 Prices As Indicators of Scarcity 180 --".
catalog description "The Economics of Ideas 78 -- 4.1 What is Technology? 79 -- 4.3 Intellectual Property Rights and the Industrial Revolution 86 -- 4.4 Data on Ideas 91 -- 5 The Engine of Growth 96 -- 5.1 The Basic Elements of the Model 97 -- 5.1.1 Growth in the Romer Model 101 -- 5.1.2 Growth Effects versus Level Effects 106 -- 5.1.3 Comparative Statics: A Permanent Increase in the R & D Share 106 -- 5.2 The Economics of the Model 110 -- 5.2.1 The Final-Goods Sector 111 -- 5.2.2 The Intermediate-Goods Sector 113 -- 5.2.3 The Research Sector 115 -- 5.2.4 Solving the Model 116 -- 5.3 Optimal R & D 118 -- Appendix Solving for the R & D Share 122 -- 6 A Simple Model of Growth and Development 124 -- 6.1 The Basic Model 124 -- 6.2 Steady-State Analysis 127 -- 6.3 Technology Transfer 131 -- 6.4 Understanding Differences in Growth Rates 132 -- 7".
catalog extent "xiv, 237 p. :".
catalog identifier "0393977455".
catalog issued "2002".
catalog issued "c2002.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
catalog subject "338.9 21".
catalog subject "Economic development.".
catalog subject "Economic indicators.".
catalog subject "HD75 .J66 2002".
catalog tableOfContents "1 Introduction: The Facts of Economic Growth 1 -- 1.1 The Data of Growth and Development 3 -- 1.2 Other "Stylized Facts" 13 -- 2 The Solow Model 20 -- 2.1.1 Solving the Basic Solow Model 26 -- 2.1.2 The Solow Diagram 27 -- 2.1.3 Comparative Statics 30 -- 2.1.4 Properties of the Steady State 32 -- 2.1.5 Economic Growth in the Simple Model 34 -- 2.2 Technology and the Solow Model 36 -- 2.2.1 The Solow Diagram with Technology 38 -- 2.2.2 Solving for the Steady State 39 -- 2.3 Evaluating the Solow Model 43 -- 2.4 Growth Accounting, the Productivity Slowdown, and the New Economy 45 -- Appendix Closed-form Solution of the Solow Model 50 -- 3 Empirical Applications of Neoclassical Growth Models 54 -- 3.1 The Solow Model with Human Capital 54 -- 3.2 Convrgence and Explaining Differences in Growth Rates 63 -- 3.3 The Evolution of the Income Distribution 71 -- 4".
catalog tableOfContents "9.5 Implications and Explanations of Declining Factor Shares 185 -- 10 Understanding Economic Growth 193 -- 10.1 Why Are We So Rich and They So Poor? 194 -- 10.2 What Is the Engine of Economic Growth? 195 -- 10.3 How Do We Understand Growth Miracles? 195 -- Appendix A Mathematical Review 199 -- A.1 Derivatives 199 -- A.1.1 What Does K Mean? 199 -- A.1.2 What Is a Growth Rate? 200 -- A.1.3 Growth Rates and Natural Logs 201 -- A.1.4 "Take Logs and Derivatives" 202 -- A.1.5 Ratios and Growth Rates 202 -- A.1.6 [Delta]log versus Percentage Change 203 -- A.2 Integration 204 -- A.2.1 An Important Rule of Integration 205 -- A.3 Simple Differential Equations 205 -- A.3.1 Compound Interest 208 -- A.4 Maximization of A Function 209.".
catalog tableOfContents "Social Infrastructure and Long-run Economic Performance 136 -- 7.1 A Business Investment Problem 137 -- 7.2 Determinants of F 138 -- 7.3 Determinants of II 140 -- 7.4 Which Investments to Make? 142 -- 7.5 Empirical Evidence 143 -- 7.6 The Choice of Social Infrastructure 147 -- 7.7 Growth Miracles and Disasters 149 -- 8 Alternative Theories of Endogenous Growth 156 -- 8.1 A Simple Endogenous Growth Model: The "AK" Model 157 -- 8.2 Intuition and other Growth Models 160 -- 8.3 Externalities and AK Models 161 -- 8.4 Evaluating Endogenous Growth Models 164 -- 8.5 What Is Endogenous Growth? 166 -- 9 Natural Resources and Economic Growth 169 -- 9.1 Land in the Solow Model 170 -- 9.2 Nonrenewable Resources 173 -- 9.2.1 Setup 173 -- 9.2.2 The Balanced Growth Path 176 -- 9.3 Quantifying the Importance of Natural Resources 178 -- 9.4 Prices As Indicators of Scarcity 180 --".
catalog tableOfContents "The Economics of Ideas 78 -- 4.1 What is Technology? 79 -- 4.3 Intellectual Property Rights and the Industrial Revolution 86 -- 4.4 Data on Ideas 91 -- 5 The Engine of Growth 96 -- 5.1 The Basic Elements of the Model 97 -- 5.1.1 Growth in the Romer Model 101 -- 5.1.2 Growth Effects versus Level Effects 106 -- 5.1.3 Comparative Statics: A Permanent Increase in the R & D Share 106 -- 5.2 The Economics of the Model 110 -- 5.2.1 The Final-Goods Sector 111 -- 5.2.2 The Intermediate-Goods Sector 113 -- 5.2.3 The Research Sector 115 -- 5.2.4 Solving the Model 116 -- 5.3 Optimal R & D 118 -- Appendix Solving for the R & D Share 122 -- 6 A Simple Model of Growth and Development 124 -- 6.1 The Basic Model 124 -- 6.2 Steady-State Analysis 127 -- 6.3 Technology Transfer 131 -- 6.4 Understanding Differences in Growth Rates 132 -- 7".
catalog title "Economic growth".
catalog title "Introduction to economic growth / Charles I. Jones.".
catalog type "text".