Die fortwährende gesellschaftliche Debatte über die angeblich wachsende »Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich« ist höchst aktuell und durch das Buch Pikettys »Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert« befeuert worden. Verteilungsfragen – wer bekommt wovon und wieviel und warum – wurden in der...

It is obvious that the German economy exhibits a significant decline in economic growth during the last two decades. Although the German economy has still to overcome the burden of the reunification in 1990 it is shown that this burden might be only one reason of this decline. In this study we...

Der Ausschuss für die Geschichte der Wirtschaftswissenschaften hatte sich bereits 1981 mit dem Kameralismus und Merkantilismus beschäftigt. In den folgenden 37 Jahren ist die theoriegeschichtliche Forschung in diesem Feld vorangeschritten und so war es an der Zeit, sich erneut dieser Thematik...

We use the two-sector specific factors model, which is known from the theory of international trade, in a growth context to describe major trends of long-run economic development. The endogenous technical progress functions establish the link between the agricultural and the manufacturing sector...

The two-sector specific factor model is typically used in the theory of international trade where it helps to clarify the principle of comparative advantage. Instead, we use this model as explicit theoretical framework to explain major trends of long-run economic development. Combined with...

Chapter 1 provides an introduction and preliminary comparisons of economic and human development indicators to present current differences in levels of development between different countries grouped by their income level. Since World War II foreign aid has proved to be one of the main...