LEADER 03039nam 22006134a 450 001 9910454868803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-28125-2 010 $a0-585-44262-2 035 $a(CKB)111056485416682 035 $a(OCoLC)50757511 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000108896 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129575 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108896 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10044761 035 $a(PQKB)10181760 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338430 035 $a(OCoLC)906261436$z(OCoLC)923251588 035 $a(OCoLC-P)906261436 035 $a(MaCbMITP)1519 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338430 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2001025 035 $a(OCoLC)923251588 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485416682 100 $a20000222d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBarriers to riches$b[electronic resource] /$fStephen L. Parente and Edward C. Prescott 205 $a1st MIT Press ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 225 1 $aThird Walras-Pareto lecture, University of Lausanne 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-66130-6 311 $a0-262-16193-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [151]-156) and index. 330 $aWhy isn't the whole world as rich as the United States? Conventional views holds that differences in the share of output invested by countries account for this disparity. Not so, say Stephen Parente and Edward Prescott. In Barriers to Riches, Parente and Prescott argue that differences in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) explain this phenomenon. These differences exist because some countries erect barriers to the efficient use of readily available technology. The purpose of these barriers is to protect industry insiders with vested interests in current production processes from outside competition. Were this protection stopped, rapid TFP growth would follow in the poor countries, and the whole world would soon be rich. Barriers to Riches reflects a decade of research by the authors on this question. Like other books on the subject, it makes use of historical examples and industry studies to illuminate potential explanations for income differences. Unlike these other books, however, it uses aggregate data and general equilibrium models to evaluate the plausibility of alternative explanations. The result of this approach is the most complete and coherent treatment of the subject to date. 410 0$aWalras-Pareto lectures ;$v3. 606 $aEconomic development 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEconomic development. 676 $a338.9 700 $aParente$b Stephen L$0614103 701 $aPrescott$b Edward C$0127092 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454868803321 996 $aBarriers to riches$938632 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01478aam 2200385I 450 001 9910709599903321 005 20160606093150.0 024 8 $aGOVPUB-C13-a153040c8981b95706eacbc8a3a726ac 035 $a(CKB)5470000002478997 035 $a(OCoLC)951215537 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002478997 100 $a20160606d1993 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnergy prices and discount factors for life-cycle cost analysis 1994 $eannual supplement to NBS Handbook 135 and NBS Special Publication 709 /$fStephen R. Petersen 210 1$aGaithersburg, MD :$cU.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology,$d1993. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aNISTIR ;$v85-3273-8 300 $a1993. 300 $aContributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. 300 $aTitle from PDF title page. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 517 $aEnergy prices and discount factors for life-cycle cost analysis 1994 700 $aPetersen$b Stephen R$01381279 701 $aPetersen$b Stephen R$01381279 712 02$aNational Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.) 801 0$bNBS 801 1$bNBS 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910709599903321 996 $aEnergy prices and discount factors for life-cycle cost analysis 1994$93481477 997 $aUNINA