The Causes of Economic Growth: Investment, Trade, Technology, Geography

Rick Szostak ()
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Rick Szostak: University of Alberta

Chapter 6 in The Causes of Economic Growth, 2009, pp 141-190 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We will quickly become awash in confusion if we simply reproduce by discipline all of the theoretical insights relevant to economic growth. As we saw in chapter 2, a number of distinct causal links can be identified. We will thus organize our discussion around causal links here. The potential drawback of this approach is that many theories address multiple links. Yet we can only hope to compare and contrast the implications of different theories – which will often address overlapping sets of causal links – if we examine each theory link by link. In practice it is straightforward to do so (see Szostak 2003b). We will address interactions across links as appropriate (and will address emergent properties in chapter 10).

Keywords: Interest Rate; Foreign Direct Investment; Nineteenth Century; Technological Innovation; Total Factor Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92282-7_6

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