TY  - BOOK
AU  - La Grandville,Olivier de
AU  - Solow,Robert M.
TI  - Economic growth: a unified approach 
SN  - 9780521898010
AV  - HD75 .L295 2009
U1  - 338.9001 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Economics
KW  - Mathematical models
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-355) and index; Introduction; Part I. Positive Growth Theory: 1. The welfare of society and economic growth; 2. The growth process; 3. A production function of central importance; 4. The CES production function as a general mean (in collaboration with Robert M. Solow); 5. Capital-labour substitution and economic growth (in collaboration with Robert M. Solow); 6. The long-term growth rate as a random variable, with an application to the U.S. Economy; Part II. Optimal Growth Theory: 7. Optimal growth theory: an introduction to the calculus of variations; 8. Other major tools for optimal growth theory: the Pontryagin Maximum Principle and the Dorfmanian; 9. First applications to optimal growth; 10. Optimal growth and the optimal savings rate; Part III. A Unified Approach: 11. Preliminaries: interest rates and capital valuation; 12. From arbitrage to equilibrium; 13. Optimal savings: a general approach; 14. Problems in growth: common traits between planned economies and poor countries; 15. From Ibn Khaldun to Adam Smith, and a proof of Smith's conjecture; 16. In conclusion: on the convergence of ideas and values through civilizations; Further readings, and data on growth; Index

N2  - How can society improve its living standards? What are the conditions necessary for prosperity? These are the questions that define the essence of growth theory. In this user-friendly book, Olivier de la Grandville provides a fascinating introduction to the theory of economic growth
UR  - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/2731
ER  -