Geography, Structural Change and Economic Development: Theory and Empirics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848442297 ISBN 13: 9781848442290

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

The authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon, which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who in the post-war period analyzed regional inequalities, structural change and dualism, and the modern literature on economic growth. The latter has emphasized the existence of multiple equilibria, bifurcations and various types of dynamic complexity, and clarified the conditions for the emergence of phenomena such as cumulative causation, path dependence and hysteresis. These are the typical ingredients of structural change, economic development or underdevelopment.

Investigating the 'mechanisms of economic development', this book will be of great interest to researchers and postgraduate students, especially those oriented towards the study of structural and geographical aspects of economic growth and development.

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About the Author

Edited by Neri Salvadori, Professor of Economics, University of Pisa, Italy, Pasquale Commendatore, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy and Massimo Tamberi,  Associate Professor of Economics, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848442297
• ISBN 13: 9781848442290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Salvadori Neri, Commendatore Pasquale, Tamberi Massimo