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Introduction to Modern Economic Growth
Introduction to Modern Economic Growth is a groundbreaking text from one of today's leading economists. Daron Acemoglu gives graduate students not only the tools to analyze growth and related macroeconomic problems, but also the broad perspective needed to apply those tools to the big-picture questions of growth and divergence. And he introduces the economic and mathematical foundations of modern growth theory and macroeconomics in a rigorous but easy to follow manner.
After covering the necessary background on dynamic general equilibrium and dynamic optimization, the book presents the basic workhorse models of growth and takes students to the frontier areas of growth theory, including models of human capital, endogenous technological change, technology transfer, international trade, economic development, and political economy. The book integrates these theories with data and shows how theoretical approaches can lead to better perspectives on the fundamental causes of economic growth and the wealth of nations.
Innovative and authoritative, this book is likely to shape how economic growth is taught and learned for years to come.
After covering the necessary background on dynamic general equilibrium and dynamic optimization, the book presents the basic workhorse models of growth and takes students to the frontier areas of growth theory, including models of human capital, endogenous technological change, technology transfer, international trade, economic development, and political economy. The book integrates these theories with data and shows how theoretical approaches can lead to better perspectives on the fundamental causes of economic growth and the wealth of nations.
Innovative and authoritative, this book is likely to shape how economic growth is taught and learned for years to come.
1008 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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Daron Acemoğlu
108 books1,871 followersDaron Acemoglu is the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2005 he won the prestigious John Bates Clark medal, awarded to the best economist under 40.
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September 25, 2024
Mais uma obra-prima do Acemoglu, essencial para qualquer estudante ou entusiasta das ciências econômicas. Aqui você aprende, dentre várias coisas, a importância do viés da variável omitida (OVB), viés esse muito presente em discursos de supremacistas brancos e eurocentristas no geral. A econometria contida aqui não é bicho de 7 cabeças e a análise geral que o Acemoglu faz não é muito difícil de digerir. É uma boa leitura para os interessados.
October 4, 2013
Very comprehensive and insightful.
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