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Working Papers

2009

1. The New Kaldor Facts: Ideas, Institutions, Population, and Human Capital
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2008

2. Intermediate Goods, Weak Links, and Superstars: A Theory of Economic Development
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2007

3. The Weak Link Theory of Economic Development
   Working Papers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research

2006

4. Insurance and Incentives for Medical Innovation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
5. The Value of Information in Growth and Development
   Working Papers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research

2004

6. Growth and Ideas
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Chapter (2005)
7. The Shape of Production Function and the Direction of Technical Change
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2005)
8. The Steady-State Growth Theorem: A Comment on Uzawa (1961)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
9. The Value of Life and the Rise in Health Spending
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007)

2002

10. Why Have Health Expenditures as a Share fo GDP Risen So Much?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2000

11. Sources of U.S. Economic Growth in a World of Ideas
    Working Papers, United Nations World Employment Programme- View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2002)

1999

12. Too Much of a Good Thing? The Economics of Investment in R&D
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1995)
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1999) View citations
    Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development (1996)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2000)
13. Was an Industrial Revolution Inevitable? Economic Growth Over the Very Long Run
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
14. Why Do Some Countries Produce So Much More Output per Worker than Others?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1999)

1997

15. Measuring the social return to R&D
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1998)
16. Population and Ideas: A Theory of Endogenous Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
17. The Upcoming Slowdown in U.S. Economic Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations

1996

18. The Productivity of Nations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations

1995

19. Productivity and Convergence Across U.S. Industries
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics

1994

20. Comparing Apples to Oranges: Productivity Convergence & Measurement across Industries & Countries
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics

1993

21. Productivity Across Industries and Countries: Time Series Theory and Evidence
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1996)

Undated

22. Convergence Revisited
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (1997)
23. Fundamental Determinants of Output per Worker across Countries
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
24. Growth: With or Without Scale Effects?
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)
25. Levels of Economic Activity across Countries
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1997)
26. On the Evolution of the World Income Distribution
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1997)

Journal Articles

2008

1. A New Proof of Uzawa's Steady-State Growth Theorem
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 90, (1), 180-182 View citations

2007

2. The Value of Life and the Rise in Health Spending
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (1), 39-72 View citations
   Also in Proceedings, 2005 (2005) View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2005

3. More life vs. more goods: explaining rising health expenditures
   FRBSF Economic Letter, 2005, (May 27) View citations
4. The Shape of Production Functions and the Direction of Technical Change
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (2), 517-549 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

5. Growth, capital shares, and a new perspective on production functions
   Proceedings, 2003, (Nov) View citations
6. The fiscal problem of the 21st century
   FRBSF Economic Letter, 2003, (Sep 19)

2002

7. Sources of U.S. Economic Growth in a World of Ideas
   American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (1), 220-239 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)
8. Using chain-weighted NIPA data
   FRBSF Economic Letter, 2002, (Aug 2)

2001

9. Comparing Apples to Oranges: Productivity Convergence and Measurement across Industries and Countries: Reply
   American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (4), 1168-1169 View citations
10. The economic return to health expenditures
    FRBSF Economic Letter, 2001, (Dec 14) View citations
11. The future of the new economy
    FRBSF Economic Letter, 2001, (May 11)

2000

12. Too Much of a Good Thing? The Economics of Investment in R&D
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2000, 5, (1), 65-85 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

13. Growth: With or Without Scale Effects?
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 139-144 View citations
    See also Working Paper
14. Why Do Some Countries Produce So Much More Output Per Worker Than Others?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1999, 114, (1), 83-116 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

15. Measuring The Social Return To R&D
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (4), 1119-1135 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1997

16. Convergence Revisited
    Journal of Economic Growth, 1997, 2, (2), 131-53 View citations
    See also Working Paper
17. Levels of Economic Activity across Countries
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 173-77 View citations
    See also Working Paper
18. On the Evolution of the World Income Distribution
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1997, 11, (3), 19-36 View citations
    See also Working Paper

1996

19. Comparing Apples to Oranges: Productivity Convergence and Measurement across Industries and Countries
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (5), 1216-38 View citations
20. Productivity across Industries and Countries: Time Series Theory and Evidence
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 78, (1), 135-46 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)
21. Productivity and Convergence across U.S. States and Industries
    Empirical Economics, 1996, 21, (1), 113-35 View citations
22. Technology and Convergence
    Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (437), 1037-44 View citations

1995

23. R&D-Based Models of Economic Growth
    Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (4), 759-84 View citations
24. Time Series Tests of Endogenous Growth Models
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995, 110, (2), 495-525 View citations

1994

25. Economic growth and the relative price of capital
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1994, 34, (3), 359-382 View citations

Chapters

2005

1. Growth and Ideas
   Chapter 16 in Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005, vol. 1, Part B, pp 1063-1111 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)