EXPLAINING THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF NATIONS: Essays in Time and Space (Economists of the Twentieth Century series) - Hardcover

Maddison, Angus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852786000 ISBN 13: 9781852786007

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Angus Maddison has made a major contribution to our understanding of the comparative, historical and quantitative aspects of economic growth.

This important collection of his work - including a number of original new essays - offers an authoritative analysis of the economic performance of nations. Drawing extensively on quantitative and qualitative evidence, Professor Maddison provides a clear view of why growth rates differ, why real income and productivity spreads are so wide, and why the pace of growth has varied over time. The first section features essays which provide an analytical framework for causal analysis of growth performance, this is followed by papers on investment and capital stock estimation, savings behaviour and measurement of economic performance levels. There are three essays on the roots of economic 'backwardness' and the final section deals with the effect of economic and social policy on the performance of advanced capitalist countries. These essays offer a depth of historical and interspatial perspective which is unrivalled.

In addition to focusing on the influences of institutions, ideology and colonialism, Professor Maddison's analysis makes sophisticated use of the growth accounting approach. A specially-written autobiographical essay has also been included.

About this title

About the Author

The late Angus Maddison, former Professor of Economics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852786000
• ISBN 13: 9781852786007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496