Global Economic Growth

Economists have come a long way in understanding the economic growth process since Adam Smith. Economic growth research has not only had a great impact on policy making, it has also generated a large and diverse literature. Designed to facilitate teaching and research on economic growth, this book will help the scholar and student to navigate the literature on determinants of economic growth. The book's opening essay highlights the important theories and empirical findings, while the bibliography includes over 1,200 annotated entries. International in scope, the volume covers individual-country studies, cross-country comparative studies, and cross-continent and worldwide research.

With chapters arranged by continent and country, the book enables the reader to quickly find titles of particular interest. Although the focus is on English-language titles, the book includes works in other languages as well. Coverage includes both books and articles. With this book, the reader can navigate through the literature accumulated over 45 years in just a few hours.

Lewis-Guodo Liu received a PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an MS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a former adjunct professor at the Department of Economics of Wright State University and is currently Associate Professor at Baruch College of the City University of New York. Dr. Liu is the author of a number of books, among them Internet Resources and Services for International Business: A Global Guide and The Internet and Library and Information Services: Issues, Trends, and Annotated Bibliography. (Greenwood Press, 1996). He is also the series editor of Internet Global Business Guides.

Robert Premus is professor of economics at Wright State University. He earned his doctorate in economics and industrial organization from Lehigh University and has authored numerous scholarly papers and reports on the economics of innovation and economic growth. His primary teaching fields are in macroeconomics, economic growth, and monetary economics. Dr. Premus served as a staff economist with the U.S. Congressional Joint Economic Committee, Washington D.C., from 1981-1984. As a staff economist, he authored the Locational Determinants of High-Technology Companies and Regional Economic Development, U.S. Climate for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, U.S. Industrial Policy: Is it the Answer?, and Venture Capital and Innovation. Dr. Premus has frequently served as a speaker and consultant to government agencies and corporations on issues of technology, innovation, and economic growth.