The Solow Model of Economic Growth: Application to Contemporary Macroeconomic Issues

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Paweł Dykas Tomasz Tokarski

The Solow Model of Economic Growth

Application to Contemporary Macroeconomic Issues

Paweł Dykas, Tomasz Tokarski, Rafał Wisła

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Routledge
27 May 2024

Macroeconomics

Series: Routledge Studies in Economic Theory, Method and Philosophy

In 1956, Solow proposed a neoclassical growth model in opposition or as an alternative to Keynesian growth models. The Solow model of economic growth provided foundations for models embedded in the new theory of economic growth, known as the theory of endogenous growth, such as the renowned growth models developed by Paul M. Romer and Robert E. Lucas in the 1980s and 90s. The augmentations of the Solow model described in this book, excepting the Phelps golden rules of capital accumulation and the Mankiw-Romer-Weil and Nonneman-Vanhoudt models, were developed by the authors over the last two decades.

The book identifies six spheres of interest in modern macroeconomic theory: the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on growth; the effect of different returns to scale on production; the influence of mobility of factors of production among different countries on their development; the effect of population dynamics on growth; the periodicity of investment rates and their influence on growth; and the effect of exogenous shocks in the form of an epidemic. For each of these issues, the authors construct and analyze an appropriate growth model that focuses on the description of the specific macroeconomic problem.

This book not only continues the neoclassical tradition of thought in economics focused on quantitative economic change but also, and to a significant extent, discusses alternative approaches to certain questions of economic growth, utilizing conclusions that can be drawn from the Solow model. It is a useful tool in analyzing contemporary issues related to growth.

By: Paweł Dykas, Tomasz Tokarski, Rafał Wisła
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9781032347776
ISBN 10: 1032347775
Series: Routledge Studies in Economic Theory, Method and Philosophy
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paweł Dykas is Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematical Economics of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. Tomasz Tokarski is Full Professor of Economics at the Department of Mathematical Economics of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. Rafał Wisła is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Innovation of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.