Quantitative Aspects of Post-War European Economic Growth

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Quantitative Aspects of Post-War European Economic Growth
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Bart van Ark
Edited by Nicholas Crafts
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:468
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 151
Category/GenreDevelopment economics
Economic history
ISBN/Barcode 9780521032933
ClassificationsDewey:338.94009045
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 18 January 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Interest in growth theory has reawakened since the middle of the 1980s, but it is some time since a comparative exercise has been carried out. This volume explores the catch-up and convergence evidence of European growth on a cross-sectional basis, armed not only with alternative theoretical ideas, but also with the empirical evidence since 1950 on which to draw. Individual chapters cover macroeconomic accounts, national accounts by industry, measures of fixed capital stocks, technology indicators, human capital, total factor productivity and changes in trend rates of growth, and each assesses the pitfalls, benefits and implications of the methods used. The result is an authoritative quantitative account of the dimensions of European economic growth within an explicitly internationally comparative framework.

Reviews

'For those readers with quantitative inclinations this volume is a must for their library shelves. It provides an excellent reference source for the statistical data alone, and it should also prove useful to students taking advanced courses, providing they have had some training in economic studies.' Economic History Review