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Barriers to riches /

Annotation Why isn't the whole world as rich as the United States? Conventional views holds that differences in the share of output invested by countries account for this disparity. Not so, say Stephen Parente and Edward Prescott. In Barriers to Riches, Parente and Prescott argue that differenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parente, Stephen L.
Otros Autores: Prescott, Edward C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
Colección:Walras-Pareto lectures ; 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. International Income Facts
  • 3. Growth Theory with No TFP Differences
  • 4. Growth Theory with a Human Capital Sector
  • 5. Growth Theory with TFP Differences
  • 6. Constraints on Firm Technologies and TFP
  • 7. Evidence of Barriers to Efficiency
  • 8. Monopoly Rights: A Theory of TFP Differences
  • 9. Conclusion.