The feasibility and desirability of endless economic growth is being increasingly questioned by scholars and activists. Whilst envisioning alternative economic models is key to assure the sustainability and wellbeing of ...

A two-country model of growth is developed with exogenous fluctuations in the rate of technological progress. Technological growth in the leading country follows a random walk, while in the lagging country the rate of ...

Technological innovations are seen as means to optimize the efficient and clean use of vital resources in social-biological-economic systems. However, partial theoretical perspectives and experiences of their effects can ...

There is a general assumption that high levels of entrepreneurship have characterized the Latin American region but with relatively modest rates of economic growth explained by the poor institutional quality and lowered ...

Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor contries in the tropics can attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Many remedies have not delivered ...

Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor contries in the tropics can attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Many remedies have not delivered ...

Countries differ in terms of technological capabilities and complexity of production structures. According to that, countries may follow different development strategies: one based on extracting rents from abundant endowments, ...