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Cross-Country Growth Comparison: Theory to Empirics

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Advances in Macroeconomic Theory

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In this chapter l describe some empirical regularities in cross-country patterns of aggregate economic growth, and discuss how theoretical reasoning has guided their analysis.

I thank the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and the Andrew Mellon Foundation for financial support. This paper draws on a range of ideas jointly developed in earlier collaboration with Steven Durlauf and with Louise Keely. Tony Atkinson, Gavin Cameron, Stephen Redding, and seminar participants at the Reserve Bank of Australia provided helpful comments. I alone, however, am responsible for (mis)interpretations and errors in the paper. I used tSrF to perform all the calculations.

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    Danny Quah

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Quah, D. (2001). Cross-Country Growth Comparison: Theory to Empirics. In: Drèze, J. (eds) Advances in Macroeconomic Theory. International Economic Association. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333992753_16

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