The purpose of this papers is confined to illuminating the aspect: Has Sewedish economic growth been slow relative to other industrialised countries in recent decades, i.e. is Sweden lagging behind

This paper analyzes the political economy of growth as an issue of inter-generational distribution. The first part of the paper develops a model of endogenous growth via accumulation of knowledge in a finite-horizon overlapping generations setting. equilibrium growth is enefficient due to the...

In this paper we study the relationship between human capital accumulation and economic growth using various measures of human capital frequently employed by researchers. We use semiparametric estimation techniques to uncover any nonlinearities that may exist.

In This paper we extend the sensitivity analysis of cross-country growth regressions of Levine and Renelt (1992), by introducing a semiparametric fomulation of their regression function.

This paper is an empirical investigation of the determinants of city growth in Autralia from 1981 to 1991. Our basic goal is to explain the population and labour force growth of a cross section of cities in the time period using variables representing the final characteristics of cities.

can income equality be combined with high economic efficiency and rapid economic growth? Fortunately, we need not to answer such a general question. Indeed, the question is poorly phrased. The relationship between income and wealth distribution, on one hand, and efficiency/growth, on the other,...

A competitive general equilibrium models is constructed and used to identify sources of productivity growth in Canada and to quantify their importance. The model also provides procefures for consturcting various economic time series. We find that periods of low productivity growth correspond to...

Direct and country-specific measures of technical progress are used in order to analyse the effects of technology shocks on output fluctuations in the G7. Technology shocks are measured as the unpredicted component in the dynamics of innovation, on the basis of patent statistics provided by the...

The objective of the study is to inquest the nature and direction of causality among public sector size, economic growth and macroeconomic state of the economy.

A competitive general equilibrium models is constructed and used to identify sources of productivity growth in Canada and to quantify their importance. The model also provides procedures for constructing various economic time series. We find that periods of low productivity growth correspond to...