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Title

The mosaic of economic growth / edited by Ralph Landau, Timothy Taylor, and Gavin Wright.

Publication

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

• Landau, Ralph.
• Taylor, Timothy.
• Wright, Gavin.

Description

xii, 460 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Economic policy
• Economic development

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-450) and index.

Contents

• Introduction / Ralph Landau, Timothy Taylor and Gavin Wright -- Convergence and Deferred Catch up: Productivity Leadership and the Waning of American Exceptionalism / Moses Abramovitz and Paul A. David -- The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth: Observations from the Experience of Developed and Developing Countries / Lawrence J. Lau -- World Wealth Expanding: Why a Rich, Democratic, and (Perhaps) Peaceful Era Is Ahead / Henry S. Rowen -- Stabilization Policy and Long-Term Economic Growth / John B. Taylor -- Population Aging and Saving for Retirement / Sylvester L. Schieber and John B. Shoven -- Science and Technology Investment and Policy in the Global Economy / A. Michael Spence -- Threats to 21st Century Growth: The Challenge of the International Trading System / Anne O. Krueger -- Dollar and Yen: The Problem of Financial Adjustment Between the United States and Japan / Ronald L. Mckinnon --
• An Evolutionary Parable of the Gains from International Organizational Diversity / Masahiko Aoki -- Liability Reforms and Economic Performance / Thomas J. Campbell, Daniel P. Kessler and George B. Shepherd -- Financial Infrastructure and Economic Growth / Myron S. Scholes -- Privatizing Public Research: The New Competitiveness Strategy / Linda R. Cohen and Roger G. Noll -- Uncertainty and Technological Change / Nathan Rosenberg -- The Competitive Crash in Large-Scale Commercial Computing / Timothy F. Bresnahan and Shane Greenstein -- Strategy for Economic Growth: Lessons from the Chemical Industry / Ralph Landau.

ISBN

• 0804725993 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0804726043 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

95022572

OCLC

• 32664980
• ocm32664980

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries