Economic growth and economic development 3

Contents
Preface
Part 1.

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Introduction

Chapter 1. Economic Growth and Economic Development:
The Questions
1.1. Cross-Country Income Differences
1.2. Income and Welfare
1.3. Economic Growth and Income Differences
1.4. Origins of Today’s Income Differences and World Economic Growth
1.5. Conditional Convergence
1.6. Correlates of Economic Growth
1.7. From Correlates to Fundamental Causes
1.8. The Agenda
1.9. References and Literature

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Chapter 2. The Solow Growth Model
2.1. The Economic Environment of the Basic Solow Model
2.2. The Solow Model in Discrete Time
2.3. Transitional Dynamics in the Discrete Time Solow Model
2.4. The Solow Model in Continuous Time
2.5. Transitional Dynamics in the Continuous Time Solow Model
2.6. Solow Model with Technological Progress
2.7. Comparative Dynamics
2.8. Taking Stock
2.9. References and Literature
2.10. Exercises

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Chapter 3. The Solow Model and the Data
3.1. Growth Accounting
3.2. Solow Model and Regression Analyses
3.3. The Solow Model with Human Capital
3.4. Solow Model and Cross-Country Income Differences: Regression

Analyses
3.5. Calibrating Productivity Differences
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