EXPLAINING THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF NATIONS

Angus Maddison

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Abstract: This important collection of his work – including a number of original new essays – offers an authoritative analysis of the economic performance of nations. Drawing extensively on quantitative and qualitative evidence, Professor Maddison provides a clear view of why growth rates differ, why real income and productivity spreads are so wide, and why the pace of growth has varied over time. The first section features essays which provide an analytical framework for causal analysis of growth performance, this is followed by papers on investment and capital stock estimation, savings behaviour and measurement of economic performance levels. There are three essays on the roots of economic ‘backwardness’ and the final section deals with the effect of economic and social policy on the performance of advanced capitalist countries. These essays offer a depth of historical and interspatial perspective which is unrivalled.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
ISBN: 9781852786007
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