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Working Papers

2008

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

2007

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

2006

3. Insurance and Incentives for Medical Innovation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See Also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2006)
4. The Value of Information in Growth and Development
   Working Papers, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research

2004

5. Growth and Ideas
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See Also Chapter (2005)
6. 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)
7. The Steady-State Growth Theorem: A Comment on Uzawa (1961)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
8. 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

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

2000

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

1999

11. 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 (1999) View citations
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1995)
    Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development (1996)
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2000)
12. 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
    See Also Journal Article in Advances in Macroeconomics (2001)
13. 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

14. 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)
15. Population and Ideas: A Theory of Endogenous Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics
    Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
16. 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

17. 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

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

1994

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

1993

20. 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

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

2006

3. Insurance and Incentives for Medical Innovation
   Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2006, biomedical_research, (1), 1006-1006
   See Also Working Paper (2006)

2005

4. More life vs. more goods: explaining rising health expenditures
   FRBSF Economic Letter, 2005, (May 27)
5. 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

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

2002

8. 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)
9. Using chain-weighted NIPA data
   FRBSF Economic Letter, 2002, (Aug 2)

2001

10. Comparing Apples to Oranges: Productivity Convergence and Measurement across Industries and Countries: Reply
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (4), 1168-1169 View citations
11. The economic return to health expenditures
    FRBSF Economic Letter, 2001, (Dec 14) View citations
12. The future of the new economy
    FRBSF Economic Letter, 2001, (May 11)
13. Was an Industrial Revolution Inevitable? Economic Growth Over the Very Long Run
    Advances in Macroeconomics, 2001, 1, (advances/1/2), 1028-1028 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1999)

2000

14. 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

15. Growth: With or Without Scale Effects?
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 139-144 View citations
    See Also Working Paper
16. 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

17. 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

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

1996

21. Comparing Apples to Oranges: Productivity Convergence and Measurement across Industries and Countries
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (5), 1216-38 View citations
22. 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)
23. Productivity and Convergence across U.S. States and Industries
    Empirical Economics, 1996, 21, (1), 113-35 View citations
24. Technology and Convergence
    Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (437), 1037-44 View citations

1995

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

1994

27. 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
   See Also Working Paper (2004)