Search for dissertations about: "Miracle growth"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Miracle growth.
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1. Essays on Growth, Political Economy and Development
Abstract : This thesis has three self-contained articles.Economic growth and trade in human capital: A salient empirical pattern in the East Asian “miracle” is a large increase in output and factor accumulation despite only a modest increase in TFP. I develop and calibrate a model of growth and catch-up to provide a possible explanation. READ MORE
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2. Technological breakthroughs and productivity growth
Abstract : This dissertation consists of four self-contained studies concentrating on the productivity development following major technological breakthroughs. All four studies are concerned with measurement issues of productivity. READ MORE
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3. Capitalizing on science : a case study of a Swedish microelectronic university research program
Abstract : Science is accepted as a part of the economic growth miracle of the Western world from late 18th century and onward. In Europe there is increased expenditure on strategic research and applied research, because policy-makers want science to become an even more important factor for economic growth. READ MORE
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4. States of Development : Essays on the Political Economy of Development in Asia
Abstract : Manufacturing Revolutions - Industrial Policy and Networks in South Korea. This chapter uses a historic big push intervention and newly digitized data from South Korea to study the effects of industrial policy on industrial development. In 1973 South Korea transitioned to a military dictatorship and drastically changed their development strategy. READ MORE