The Emperor Has New Clothes: Empirical Tests of Mainstream Theories of Economic Growth
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- Greasley, David & Hanley, Nick & McLaughlin, Eoin & Oxley, Les, 2014. "The Emperor Has New Clothes: Empirical Tests of Mainstream Theories of Economic Growth," SIRE Discussion Papers 2015-01, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE).
- David Greasley & Nick Hanley & Eoin McLaughlin & Les Oxley, 2014. "The Emperor Has New Clothes: Empirical Tests of Mainstream Theories of Economic Growth," Discussion Papers in Environment and Development Economics 2014-01, University of St. Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development.
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comprehensive wealth; US; modern growth theory; inter-temporal utility maximisation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
- C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GER-2014-09-29 (German Papers)
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- NEP-HIS-2014-09-29 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-HPE-2014-09-29 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
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