Essays about: "Romer"

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1. 16. Empirical Estimation of the Solow Growth Model: A Panel Approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Debasish Kumar Das; [2013]
   Keywords : Growth; Solow model; Convergence; Dynamic panel GMM; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This research examines the relevancy of Solow growth model in 20 OECD countries over the period 1971-2011. Following Mankiw-Romer-Weil (1992) and Islam (1995), I estimate both textbook and augmented Solow model. Along with OLS, estimation is carried out implementing both static panel and dynamic panel GMM carries out estimation. READ MORE

3. 17. Economic Growth in Sweden, 1870-2000. Essay on Human Capital Contribution

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Mikhail Martynovich; [2012]
   Keywords : economic growth; human capital; Sweden; Lucas; Romer; endogenous growth models; ‘new growth theories’; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In this paper, we analyze the role which human capital played in Swedish economic growth over the late nineteenth-twentieth centuries. It has been shown that Swedish development over the considered period may be divided into three sub-periods, which have particular features when it comes to interrelations between human capital and economic growth. READ MORE

4. 18. Roma discrimination in Europe : an investigation using the analytical framework of Zygmunt Bauman

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

   Author : Ulrika Ehrenstråhle; [2012]
   Keywords : Discrimination; Roma; Genocide; Zygmunt Bauman; Diskriminering; Romer; Folkmord; Zygmunt Bauman;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the discriminatory situation of Romas in contemporary Europe with the use of Zygmunt Bauman’s analytical framework he developed on the situation of Jews and the Holocaust. Characteristics of the Modern Society have, according to Bauman, created opportunities for cornerstones of discrimination to occur and together with facilitators they can hold the discrimination alive and make it long lasting. READ MORE

5. 19. Agglomeration Externalities and Growth in Urban Industries - empirical evidence from Sweden, 1896-1910

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Thor Berger; [2011]
   Keywords : Industrialization; externalities; endogenous growth theory; MAR; Jacobs; OLS; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : What are the effects of regional specialization, industrial diversity, and local competition on industrial growth? Utilizing a novel dataset on the Swedish manufacturing industry, 1896-1910, an OLS model is estimated that captures the relationship between dynamic agglomeration externalities, i.e. READ MORE

6. 20. TO BE OR NOT TO BE? The Role of Entrepreneurship for Economic Growth

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Albert Rösch; [2010]
   Keywords : growth; institutions; innovation; entrepreneurship; Porter; Schumpeter; Solow; Romer; Kirzner; European Paradox; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Despite the worldwide importance of entrepreneurship, economic research on this topic has been only fragmented so far. Therefore, the goal of this study was firstly to find a common ground between the established neoclassical, endogenous and institutional growth frameworks on the one hand and the entrepreneurial school on the other hand. READ MORE