The Solow Model of Economic Growth (Routledge Studies in Economic Theory, Method and Philosophy) - Softcover

Dykas, Pawel; Tokarski, Tomasz; Wisla, Rafal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032347775 ISBN 13: 9781032347776

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

In 1956, Solow proposed a neoclassical growth model in opposition or as an alternative to Keynesian growth models. The Solow model of economic growth provided foundations for models embedded in the new theory of economic growth, known as the theory of endogenous growth, such as the renowned growth models developed by Paul M. Romer and Robert E. Lucas in the 1980s and 90s. The augmentations of the Solow model described in this book, excepting the Phelps golden rules of capital accumulation and the Mankiw-Romer-Weil and Nonneman-Vanhoudt models, were developed by the authors over the last two decades.

The book identifies six spheres of interest in modern macroeconomic theory: the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on growth; the effect of different returns to scale on production; the influence of mobility of factors of production among different countries on their development; the effect of population dynamics on growth; the periodicity of investment rates and their influence on growth; and the effect of exogenous shocks in the form of an epidemic. For each of these issues, the authors construct and analyze an appropriate growth model that focuses on the description of the specific macroeconomic problem.

This book not only continues the neoclassical tradition of thought in economics focused on quantitative economic change but also, and to a significant extent, discusses alternative approaches to certain questions of economic growth, utilizing conclusions that can be drawn from the Solow model. It is a useful tool in analyzing contemporary issues related to growth.

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About the Author

Paweł Dykas is Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematical Economics of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Tomasz Tokarski is Full Professor of Economics at the Department of Mathematical Economics of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Rafał Wisła is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Innovation of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032347775
• ISBN 13: 9781032347776
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264