Economic Growth and Change

National and Regional Patterns of Convergence and Divergence

• Author(s): John Adams, Francesco Pigliaru,
• Publisher: Edward Elgar
• Pages: 483
• ISBN_10: 1858986834
  ISBN_13: 9781858986838
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economics / Macroeconomics , Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Political Science / Political Economy , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy ,

Description:... The pursuit of economic growth is at the top of every nation's policy agenda at the end of the 20th century. This authoritative and comprehensive book goes beyond the narrowly-based convergence model of economic growth by considering global, national and regional patterns of growth from a comparative perspective.

Issues examined include:

• the evolution of the firm and the role of R&D
• long-term implications of the loss of national sovereignty
• international 'openness'
• social and political institutions
• patterns of regional harmonization in the United States, particularly income and earnings trends across states and the reasons for convergence
• persistent regional disparities in Europe including the roles of sectoral transformation, regional spillovers, human capital formation and the allocation of structural funds
• the experience of convergence in individual countries including Italy, the UK, Spain and Germany