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Convergence of productivity : cross-national studies and historical evidence /

This collection of original articles reviews the current state of knowledge concerning the convergence hypothesis. This hypothesis asserts that, for a restricted set of countries, their productivity and living standards are undergoing a process that brings them increasingly close to one another. Amo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Baumol, William J., Nelson, Richard R., Wolff, Edward N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©1994.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Explaining the economic performance of nations, 1820-1989 / Angus Maddison
  • Multivariate growth patterns : contagion and common forces as possible sources of convergence / William J. Baumol
  • Catch-up and convergence in the postwar growth boom and after / Moses Abramovitz
  • Erosion of U.S. technological leadership as a factor in postwar economic convergence / Richard R. Nelson and Gavin Wright
  • Social organization and technological leadership / William Lazonick
  • Capital intensity and TFP convergence by industry in manufacturing, 1963-1985 / David Dollar and Edward N. Wolff
  • Have international differences in educational attainment levels narrowed? / Frank R. Lichtenberg
  • What explains the growth of developing countries? / Magnus Blomström, Robert E. Lipsey, and Mario Zejan
  • Multinational corporations and productivity convergence in Mexico / Magnus Blomström and Edward N. Wolff
  • Staying behind, stumbling back, sneaking up, soaring ahead : late industrialization in historical perspective / Takashi Hikino and Alice H. Amsden
  • Social indicators and productivity convergence in developing countries / Gregory K. Ingram.