Economic growth :  new directions in theory and policy / 
edited by Philip Arestis, Michelle Baddeley, John McCombie. 
 - Northampton, MA :  Edward Elgar,  2007. 
 - 317p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Is growth theory a real subject? / Franklin M. Fisher -- What is endogenous growth theory? / Mark Roberts and Mark Setterfield -- Is the natural rate of growth endogenous? / Miguel Leon-Ledesma and A. Thirlwall -- The representative firm and increasing returns / Geoff C. Harcourt and Stephanie Blankenberg -- A dynamic framework for Keynesian theories of the business cycle and growth / Pedro Leo -- A Keynesian model of unemployment and growth / John Cornwall -- The relevance of the Cambridge-Cambridge controversies in capital theory for econometric practice / Geoff C. Harcourt -- Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers / Carlos Rodriguez, Carmen Gomez, and Jesus Ferreiro -- Increasing returns and the distribution of manufacturing productivity in the EU / Bernand Fingleton and Enrique Lopez-Bazo -- The role of wage-setting in a growth strategy for Europe / Andrew Watt -- Economic growth and beta-convergence in the East European transition economies -- Nigel F.B. Allington and John S.L. McCombie -- Knowledge externalities and growth in peripheral regions / Fabiana Santos, Marco Crocco, and Frederico Gonzaga Junior -- Foreign direct investment and human capital endowments in developing countries / Diana V. Barrowclough -- Is growth alone sufficient to reduce poverty? / Santonu Basu and Sushanta Mallick -- Strategy for economic growth in Brazil / Luiz-Fernando de Paula and Jose L. Oreiro. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781845425319 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic development
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD75 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.9001