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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454868803321

Autore

Parente Stephen L

Titolo

Barriers to riches [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen L. Parente and Edward C. Prescott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2000

ISBN

0-262-28125-2

0-585-44262-2

Edizione

[1st MIT Press ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

Third Walras-Pareto lecture, University of Lausanne

Altri autori (Persone)

PrescottEdward C

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Economic development

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-156) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Why isn't the whole world as rich as the United States? Conventional views holds that differences in the share of output invested by countries account for this disparity. Not so, say Stephen Parente and Edward Prescott. In Barriers to Riches, Parente and Prescott argue that differences in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) explain this phenomenon. These differences exist because some countries erect barriers to the efficient use of readily available technology. The purpose of these barriers is to protect industry insiders with vested interests in current production processes from outside competition. Were this protection stopped, rapid TFP growth would follow in the poor countries, and the whole world would soon be rich. Barriers to Riches reflects a decade of research by the authors on this question. Like other books on the subject, it makes use of historical examples and industry studies to illuminate potential explanations for income differences. Unlike these other books, however, it uses aggregate data and general equilibrium models to evaluate the plausibility of alternative explanations. The result of this approach is the most complete and coherent treatment of the subject to date.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467595803321

Autore

Seltzer Rena <1964->

Titolo

The coach's guide for women professors : who want a successful career and a well-balanced life / / Rena Seltzer ; foreword by Frances Rosenbluth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sterling, Virginia : , : Stylus, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-57922-897-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages)

Disciplina

378.12082

Soggetti

Women college teachers

College teaching - Vocational guidance

Feminism and education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.