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Author: Stefan Homburg Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9783642634789 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 107
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This book contains a revised version of my Habilitationsschrift which has been accepted by the economic department of Dortmund University in 1991. It consists mostly of unpublished material which has been presented during the last years at the universities of Cologne, Dortmund, Hagen, Mannheim, and Munich and at a meeting in Wiesbaden. I am indebted to very many collegues for fruitful discussions. In par ticular, I want to thank Friedrich Breyer, Johannes Hoffmann, Heinz Hollander, Wolfgang Leininger, Bruno Schonfelder, Gerhard Schwodi auer, Hans-Werner Sinn, Klaus Spremann, and lochen Weimann, but this list is surely incomplete. I am especially grateful, however, to Wolfram F. Richter and Niko Wolik who have continually accompanied the evolution of this work and to whom lowe many suggestions as well as corrections. The remaining errors, needless to say, are mine. Cologne, September 1991 Stefan Homburg Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 1 Chapter 2. Dynamic Efficiency 3 2. 1 The Basic Model. . . . . 3 2. 2 A General Theorem on Dynamic Efficiency . 9 2. 3 Some Further Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. 4 Storable Consumer Goods. . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2. 5 The Failure of the First Basic Welfare Theorem 17 2. 6 A Stronger Condition . . . . . . . . 20 2. 7 A Remark on Necessary Conditions. 21 2. 8 Conclusion. . . . . . . . 22 Chapter 3. Interest and Growth 25 3. 1 Commodity Own Rates of Interest 26 3. 2 The Asset-augmented Economy . . 28 3. 3 Interest, Growth, and Dynamic Efficiency . 31 3. 4 Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Appendix: The Cash Flow Criterion.
Author: Stefan Homburg Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9783642634789 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 107
Book Description
This book contains a revised version of my Habilitationsschrift which has been accepted by the economic department of Dortmund University in 1991. It consists mostly of unpublished material which has been presented during the last years at the universities of Cologne, Dortmund, Hagen, Mannheim, and Munich and at a meeting in Wiesbaden. I am indebted to very many collegues for fruitful discussions. In par ticular, I want to thank Friedrich Breyer, Johannes Hoffmann, Heinz Hollander, Wolfgang Leininger, Bruno Schonfelder, Gerhard Schwodi auer, Hans-Werner Sinn, Klaus Spremann, and lochen Weimann, but this list is surely incomplete. I am especially grateful, however, to Wolfram F. Richter and Niko Wolik who have continually accompanied the evolution of this work and to whom lowe many suggestions as well as corrections. The remaining errors, needless to say, are mine. Cologne, September 1991 Stefan Homburg Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 1 Chapter 2. Dynamic Efficiency 3 2. 1 The Basic Model. . . . . 3 2. 2 A General Theorem on Dynamic Efficiency . 9 2. 3 Some Further Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2. 4 Storable Consumer Goods. . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2. 5 The Failure of the First Basic Welfare Theorem 17 2. 6 A Stronger Condition . . . . . . . . 20 2. 7 A Remark on Necessary Conditions. 21 2. 8 Conclusion. . . . . . . . 22 Chapter 3. Interest and Growth 25 3. 1 Commodity Own Rates of Interest 26 3. 2 The Asset-augmented Economy . . 28 3. 3 Interest, Growth, and Dynamic Efficiency . 31 3. 4 Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Appendix: The Cash Flow Criterion.
Author: Silvio Borner Publisher: OECD Publishing ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 120
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This publication discusses the impact of institutions on economic development and the determinants that shape institutional quality, using a new institutional economics (NIE) model based on a multidisciplinary approach to understanding issues including growth, efficiency and income distribution. Using the experience of Argentina under the Menem government as a case study, a methodology is developed and applied to test theoretical hypotheses regarding the concept of institutional quality and how delineation between economic and political institutions work in practice. It also considers systems of democracy and autocracy, and the impact of traditional, legal and cultural frameworks on institutional efficiency.
Author: Alfred Schipke Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3642566820 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 141
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On an unprecedented scale, nations at all income levels and across the political spectrum have initiated privatization programs over the past twenty years. In the course of this privatization movement, microeconomic efficiency arguments have become the standard justification for the divestment of public assets. This book presents an alternate view and argues that short-term macroeconomic considerations are often the true motive behind privatization programs. Why Do Government Divest? The Macroeconomics of Privatization is a comprehensive treatment of the macroeconomic issues of privatization. In addition to reviewing topics in economic growth and efficiency, this book explores the fiscal, monetary, balance-of-payments, and employment aspects of privatization. Several diverse case studies illustrate how the pursuit of such short-term political objectives can reduce the benefits of privatization.
Author: Arthur M. Okun Publisher: Brookings Institution Press ISBN: 0815726546 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 171
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Originally published in 1975, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff is a very personal work from one of the most important macroeconomists of the last hundred years. And this new edition includes "Further Thoughts on Equality and Efficiency," a paper published by the author two years later. In classrooms Arthur M. Okun may be best remembered for Okun's Law, but his lasting legacy is the respect and admiration he earned from economists, practitioners, and policymakers. Equality and Efficiency is the perfect embodiment of that legacy, valued both by professional economists and those readers with a keen interest in social policy. To his fellow economists, Okun presents messages, in the form of additional comments and select citations, in his footnotes. To all readers, Okun presents an engaging dual theme: the market needs a place, and the market needs to be kept in its place. As Okun puts it: Institutions in a capitalist democracy prod us to get ahead of our neighbors economically after telling us to stay in line socially. This double standard professes and pursues an egalitarian political and social system while simultaneously generating gaping disparities in economic well-being. Today, Okun's dual theme feels incredibly prescient as we grapple with the hot-button topic of income inequality. In his foreword, Lawrence H. Summers declares: On what one might think of as questions of "economic philosophy," I doubt that Okun has been improved on in the subsequent interval. His discussion of how societies rely on rights as well as markets should be required reading for all young economists who are enamored with market solutions to all problems. With a new foreword by Lawrence H. Summers
Author: Robert U. Ayres Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN: 1848445954 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 435
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It gives me great pleasure to review this important book. I recommend it highly to any physicist with an interest or curiosity about this economy thing within which we operate. . . There is no excuse not to get this invaluable volume onto your bookshelf. Simon Roberts, Institute of Physics Energy Group This book addresses a very important topic, namely economic growth analysis from the angle of energy and material flows. The treatment is well balanced in terms of research and interpretation of the broader literature. The book not only contains a variety of empirical indicators, statistical analyses and insights, but also offers an unusually complete and pluralistic view on theorizing about economic growth and technological change. This results in a number of refreshing perspectives on known ideas and literatures. The text is so attractively written that I found it very difficult to stop reading. All in all, this is a very original and important contribution to the everlasting debate on growth versus environment. Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, University of Barcelona, Spain and Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Would you want your great-grandchildren in 2100AD to have a 22nd-century industrial economy? If so, read this book to grasp how strongly wealth depends on energy and its efficient use. Start treating fossil energy not as continuing income, but as one-time energy capital to spend on efficiency and long-term sustainable energy production. Otherwise, your descendants will inherit a broken 20th-century economy that only worked with cheap fossil fuels. They will not be rich and they will wonder what their ancestors were thinking. John R. Mashey, PhD, former Chief Scientist, Silicon Graphics Current economic theory attributes most income growth to technical progress. However, since technical progress can neither be defined nor measured, no one really knows what policies will encourage income growth. Ayres and Warr show that access to useful work, which can be defined and measured, explain the bulk of post-1900 income changes in Japan, Britain and the USA. They see rising real prices for fossil fuel and stagnating efficiencies of converting raw energy into useful work as a threat to continued income growth. This brilliant and original work has profound policy implications for future income growth without significant improvements in energy conversion efficiency. Thomas Casten, Chairman, Recycled Energy Development LLC Following the up-and-down energy shock of 2008, Ayres and Warr offer a unique analysis critical to our economic future. They argue that useful work produced by energy and energy services is far more important to overall GDP growth than conventional economic theory assumes. Their new theory, based on extensive empirical and theoretical analysis, has important implications for economists, businessmen and policymakers for anybody concerned with our economic future. Ayres and Warr argue persuasively that economic growth is not only endogenous but has been driven for the past two centuries largely by the declining effective cost of energy. If their new theory is correct, the inevitable future rise of the real cost of energy (beyond the $147 oil price peak in July 2008), could halt economic growth in the US and other advanced countries unless we dramatically improve energy with technology. J. Paul Horne, independent international market economist The historic link between output (GDP) growth and employment has weakened. Since there is no quantitively verifiable economic theory to explain past growth, this unique book explores the fundamental relationship between thermodynamics (physical work) and economics. The authors take a realistic approach to explaining the relationship between technological progress, thermodynamic efficiency and economic growth. Their findings are a step toward the integration of neo-classical and evolutionary perspectives on endogenous economic growth, concluding in a fundam
Author: Kim-Song Tan Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: Category : Creative ability in business Languages : en Pages : 45
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Looks at the rationale behind the re-orientation of the innovation policy in the past few years and describes the various measures that have been implemented in the past few years to facilitate the transition to an innovative economy.
Author: Satish K. Jain Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317410734 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 206
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This volume deals with a range of contemporary issues in Indian and other world economies, with a focus on economic theory and policy and their longstanding implications. It analyses and predicts the mechanisms that can come into play to determine the function of institutions and the impact of public policy.
Author: Jean-Louis Arcand Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN: 9789251045428 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 72
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This paper investigates the effect of undernourishment on economic growth. In addition to the basic relationship on health, a number of other important relationships are investigated: (a) regional differences regarding the impact of under-nourishment on growth; (b) the impact that possible errors in measuring nutritional variables may have on the robustness of the estimated nutrition-growth relationship; and (c) the existence of "nutritional traps", i.e. the vicious circle of low nutrition-low economic growth-low nutrition. The basic conclusion of the paper - that undernourishment can be a serious handicap in the efforts of countries to achieve economic growth - suggests that actions taken to feed the hungry have a strong growth dimension in addition to their humanitarian character.
Author: Y. Wu Publisher: Springer ISBN: 0230228259 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 169
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This book provides a detailed insight into productivity, efficiency and growth in the Chinese economy, and offers results on capital stock and ICT capital estimates (at both national and regional levels) which will be an important resource for readers.
Author: Stefan Homburg
Author: Stefan Homburg
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