Introduction to modern economic growth /

Main Author: Acemoglu, Daron
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Economic growth and economic development: the questions
  • The Solow growth model
  • The Solow model and the data
  • Fundamental determinants of differences in economic performance
  • Foundations of neoclassical growth
  • Infinte-horizon optimization and dynamic programming
  • An introduction to the theory of optimal control
  • The neoclassical growth model
  • Growth with overlapping generations
  • Human captial and economic growth
  • First-generation models of endogenous growth
  • Modeling technological change
  • Expanding variety models
  • Models of Schumpeterian growth
  • Directed technological change
  • Stochastic dynamic programming
  • Stochastic growth models
  • Diffusion of technology
  • Trade and growth
  • Structural change and economic growth
  • Structural transformations and market failures in development
  • Institutions, political economy, and growth
  • Political institutions and economic growth
  • Mechanics and causes of economic growth.