Introduction to Economic Growth is the only text to synthesize the journal literature in a way that makes this important field accessible to undergraduates. Charles I. Jones and new co-author Dietrich Vollrath have updated and revised the text to reflect recent advances in Economic Growth Theory in clear, direct language.
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The long-awaited revision of the text that brought growth theory to the classroom.
  1. Introduction: The Facts of Economic Growth 
  2. The Solow Model 
  3. Empirical Applications of Neoclassical Growth Models 
  4. The Economics of Ideas 
  5. The Engine of Growth 
  6. A Simple Model of Growth and Development 
  7. Social Infrastructure and Long-Run Economic Performance 
  8. Population and the Origin of Sustained Economic Growth 
  9. Alternative Theories of Endogenous Growth 
  10. Natural Resources and Economic Growth 
  11. Understanding Economic Growth
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Product details

ISBN
9780393920789
Published
2013-02-15
Edition
3. edition
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Weight
593 gr
Height
236 mm
Width
173 mm
Thickness
20 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
320

Biographical note

Charles I. Jones is The STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the Econometric Society, and a co-editor of Econometrica. He is currently the area coordinator for the economics group at Stanford GSB. Dietrich Vollrath is professor of economics, and Chair of the department at the University of Houston. His research focuses on economic growth, and has appeared in the Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, and the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, among others. He is a past recipient of the Ross Lence Teaching Award.