Endogenous Growth Theory

by Philippe Aghion, Peter W Howitt, Peter W. Howitt

Book Overview

Whereas other books on endogenous growth stress a particular aspect, such as trade or convergence, this book provides a comprehensive survey of the theoretical and empirical debates raised by modern... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262011662
• ISBN13: 9780262011662
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 708 Pages
• Weight: 3.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.9" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

not quite a textbook

This book is a treatise of the most recent works in endogenous growth theory, and so it may be inappropriate to be used as a textbook for a course. Although the exercises are explained, it seems that this book cannot be feasibly used for self-study because, as the reviewer below me pointed out, you need someone to fill in the gaps. Nevertheless, the authors do a great job in explaining the intuition behind the difficult technical papers that make up this book. I think this book would be useful for those masters/doctoral students who are preparing/writing their thesis. The explanations and the bibliography can guide them and enable them to get many ideas for their paper.

One of the principal books about the modern economic growth

"Endogenous Growth Theory" by Philippe Aghion and Peter W. Howitt is one of the best book about economic growth theory who I've seen. This book together with "Advanced Macroeconomics" by David Romer and "Economic Growth" by Robert Barro and Xavier Sala-I-Martin are the principal books about all the modern economic growth theory. I recommend very much this book.

Comprehensive

An intermediate-to-advanced updated text in this specialized branch of growth economics. A nice follow-through if you have already read something like Barro & Sala-i-Martin's book. Fully packed with exercises and thier results explained! Complete bibliography. in short, a must.

an Intuitive book

This book presents a series of advanced growth models with optimal level of mathematics and intuition.