Szostak The Causes of Economic Growth

Interdisciplinary Perspectives
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-540-92282-7
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 373 Seiten

What are the causes of economic growth? As billions of people still live in poverty, this is perhaps the most important question in human science. It is also a very complex one, as rates of economic growth are influenced by a multitude of economic as well as political, geographical and sociological factors. This books attempts to advance a nuanced understanding of the process of economic growth by synthesizing the insights of several social science disciplines. Different theories and methods employed by economists and other social scientists to study the causes of economic growth are analyzed and it is shown how and why those insights should be integrated by applying best-practice techniques of interdisciplinary analysis. Scholars and practitioners are thus provided with a wide array of potential strategies for encouraging growth as well as guidance on how these strategies may interact.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Szostak, Rick

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;5
2;Acknowledgments;10
3;List of Tables;12
4;1 Interdisciplinarity and Economic Growth;13
5;3 The Most Relevant Theories and Methods;65
6;4 Relevant Disciplines and Disciplinary Perspectives;111
7;5 An Interdisciplinary Literature Survey;147
8;6 The Causes of Economic Growth: Investment, Trade, Technology, Geography;152
9;7 The Causes of Economic Growth: Institutions;202
10;8 The Causes of Economic Growth: Cultural and Social Determinants;244
11;9 Causal Arguments Under-studied in the Literature;278
12;10 Emergent Properties of the System of Causal Links;296
13;11 Integrating Diverse Views of the Role of Government;316
14;12 Reflections on the Results of Integration;342
15;13 Possible Tests of the Results of Integration;346
16;14 Concluding Remarks;349
17;References;362
18;Index;373