Introduction to Modern Economic Growth

Daron Acemoglu

ISBN 10: 0691132925 / ISBN 13: 9780691132921

Published by Princeton University Press Jan 2009, 2009

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Neuware - 'Reading Daron Acemoglu's massive and masterly survey makes me feel like one of the Wright brothers coming face to face with a Boeing 747 for the first time. The range is enormous, from the simplest model to the political economy of growth, and everything is traced back to fundamentals with great skill and care. Being stranded on a desert island with this book and a large pad of paper would be a pleasure.'--Robert M. Solow, Nobel Laureate in Economics.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Modern Economic Growth
• Publisher: Princeton University Press Jan 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691132925
• ISBN 13: 9780691132921
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 261W x 209H x 45D millimeters 261 millimeters width by 209 millimeters height by 45 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1980 grams

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Synopsis

From Nobel Prize–winning economist Daron Acemoglu, an incisive introduction to 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.

• Introduces all the foundations for understanding economic growth and dynamic macroeconomic analysis
• Focuses on the big-picture questions of economic growth
• Provides mathematical foundations
• Presents dynamic general equilibrium
• Covers models such as basic Solow, neoclassical growth, and overlapping generations, as well as models of endogenous technology and international linkages
• Addresses frontier research areas such as international linkages, international trade, political economy, and economic development and structural change
• An accompanying Student Solutions Manual containing the answers to selected exercises is available (978-0-691-14163-3/$24.95). See: https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8970.html
• For Professors only: To access a complete solutions manual online, email us at: acemoglusolutions@press.princeton.edu
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

About the Author

Daron Acemoglu, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics, is the Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.