Living standards and the wealth of nations : successes and failures in real convergence /
Living standards and the wealth of nations : successes and failures in real convergence /
edited by Leszek Balcerowicz and Stanley Fischer.
- vi, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Some general remarks on the process of catching up -- Introduction and summary / What a country must do to catch up to the industrial leaders / Elections, political checks and balances, and growth / Case studies of successes and failures in catching up -- The Nordic countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries : economic growth in a comparative perspective / The experimentalist-covergence debate on interpreting China's economic growth : a cross-country perspective / Successes and failures in real covergence : the case of Chile / Economic resurgence in the commonwealth of independent states / Consequences of accession to the European Union : case studies -- Spain in the EU : the key issues / The Spanish experience in the European Union / Portugal's convergence process : lessons for accession countries / Greece : the long process of economic and institutional convergence / The convergence experience of the Greek economy in the EU : lessons for EU accession countries / Real convergence within the European Union : the case of Ireland / Irish economic development in an international perspective / EMU entry and economic growth -- When should the Central Europeans join the EMU? : reconciling real and nominal convergence / Is full participation in the EMU likely to favor or slow real convergence? / Conclusion -- Concluding comments / Leszek Balcerowicz and Stanley Fischer -- Stephen L. Parente and Edward C. Prescott -- Philip Keefer -- Olle Krantz -- Wing Thye Woo -- Vittorio Corbo L. and Leonardo Hernandez T. -- Anders Aslund -- Jose Maria Vinals -- Manuel Balmaseda and Miguel Sebastian -- Abel Moreira Mateus -- Isaac D. Sabethai -- Athanasios Vamvakidis -- Thomas O'Connell and Diarmaid Smyth -- John Bradley -- Jacek Rostowski and Nikolai Zoubanov -- Iain Begg -- Leszek Balcerowicz. I. 1. 2. II. 3. 4. 5. 6. III. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. IV. 14. 15. V. 16.
0262025957 9780262025959
2005054008
Economic development.
Convergence (Economics)
Cost and standard of living
Wealth
HD75 / .L59 2006
339.42
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Some general remarks on the process of catching up -- Introduction and summary / What a country must do to catch up to the industrial leaders / Elections, political checks and balances, and growth / Case studies of successes and failures in catching up -- The Nordic countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries : economic growth in a comparative perspective / The experimentalist-covergence debate on interpreting China's economic growth : a cross-country perspective / Successes and failures in real covergence : the case of Chile / Economic resurgence in the commonwealth of independent states / Consequences of accession to the European Union : case studies -- Spain in the EU : the key issues / The Spanish experience in the European Union / Portugal's convergence process : lessons for accession countries / Greece : the long process of economic and institutional convergence / The convergence experience of the Greek economy in the EU : lessons for EU accession countries / Real convergence within the European Union : the case of Ireland / Irish economic development in an international perspective / EMU entry and economic growth -- When should the Central Europeans join the EMU? : reconciling real and nominal convergence / Is full participation in the EMU likely to favor or slow real convergence? / Conclusion -- Concluding comments / Leszek Balcerowicz and Stanley Fischer -- Stephen L. Parente and Edward C. Prescott -- Philip Keefer -- Olle Krantz -- Wing Thye Woo -- Vittorio Corbo L. and Leonardo Hernandez T. -- Anders Aslund -- Jose Maria Vinals -- Manuel Balmaseda and Miguel Sebastian -- Abel Moreira Mateus -- Isaac D. Sabethai -- Athanasios Vamvakidis -- Thomas O'Connell and Diarmaid Smyth -- John Bradley -- Jacek Rostowski and Nikolai Zoubanov -- Iain Begg -- Leszek Balcerowicz. I. 1. 2. II. 3. 4. 5. 6. III. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. IV. 14. 15. V. 16.
0262025957 9780262025959
2005054008
Economic development.
Convergence (Economics)
Cost and standard of living
Wealth
HD75 / .L59 2006
339.42