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1、ECONOMICGROWTHECONOMICGROWTHSecondEditionRobertJ.BarroANDXavierSala-i-MartinThisgraduateleveltextoneconomicgrowthsurveysneoclassicalandmorerecentgrowththeories,stressingtheirempiricalimplicationsandtherelationoftheorytodataandevidence.TheauthorshaveundertakenaECONOMICGROWTHmajorrevisionfor
2、thelong-awaitedsecondeditionofthiswidelyusedtext,thefirstmoderntextbookdevotedSecondEditiontogrowththeory.Thebookhasbeenexpandedinmanyareasandincorporatesthelatestresearch.RobertJ.BarroANDXavierSala-i-MartinAfteranintroductorydiscussionofeconomicgrowth,thebookexaminesneoclassicalgrowththeo
3、ries,fromSolow–Swaninthe1950sandCass–Koopmansinthe1960stomorerecentrefinements;thisisfollowedbyadiscussionofextensionstothemodel,withexpandedtreatmentinthiseditionofheterogeneityofhouseholds.Thebookthenturnstoendogenousgrowththeory,discussing,amongothertopics,modelsofendogenoustech-nologic
4、alprogress(withanexpandeddiscussioninthiseditionoftheroleofoutsidecompetitioninthegrowthprocess),technologicaldiffusion,andanendogenousdeterminationoflaborsupplyandpopulation.Theauthorsthenexplaintheessentialsofgrowthaccountingandapplythisframeworktoendogenousgrowthmodels.Thefinalchaptersc
5、overempiricalanalysisofregionsandempiricalevidenceoneconomicgrowthforabroadpanelofcountriesfrom1960to2000.Theupdatedtreatmentofcross-countrygrowthregressionsforthiseditionusesthenewSummers–Hestondatasetonworldincomedistributioncompiledthrough2000.RobertJ.BarroisRobertC.WaggonerProfessorofE
6、conomicsatHarvardUniversityandseniorfellowofSecondEditiontheHooverInstitutionatStanfordUniversity.HeistheauthorofNothingIsSacred:EconomicIdeasfortheNewMillennium(MITPress,2002),GettingItRight(MITPress,1997),andDeterminantsofEconomicGrowth(MITPress,1998).XavierSala-i-MartinisProfessorofEcon
7、omicsatColumbiaUniversityandvisitingprofessorattheUniversityofPompeuFabra,Barcelona.#7093449/16/03“BarroandSala-i-Martin’svaluableandreadablebookbringsthestudentquicklytothefrontiersofmoderngrowththeory.”—RobertE.Lucas,Jr.,JohnDeweyDistinguishedServiceProfesso