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Economic growth and development is a complicated process that falls into the domain of many disciplines in social sciences and humanities. It is natural then to study fundamental aspects of economic growth synthesizing research in relevant fields. In this short paper, we argue that this has rarely been the case in the economic growth literature. We briefly discuss past growth theories and empirics, and present a broad framework to compare and evaluate work on economic growth from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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His Ph.D. in economics from Kiel University, Germany. His current research interests include causes and effects of inflation and financial crises in Turkey.
He received his Ph.D. from Iowa State University. His research is primarily in the area of international economics.
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Kibritcioglu, A., Dibooglu, S. Long-run economic growth: An interdisciplinary approach. Know Techn Pol 13, 59–70 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02693990
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