Economic Growth
Second Edition
Robert J. Barro
Xavier Sala-i-Martin
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
c
2004 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barro, Robert J.
Economic growth / Robert J. Barro, Xavier Sala-i-Martin—2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-262-02553-1
1. Economic development—Mathematical models. I. Sala-i-Martin, Xavier. II. Title.
HD75.5.B37 2003
338
.9
001
51—dc22
2003059392
To Rachel
—Robert J. Barro
A la mem`oria dels meus estimats Joan Mart´ın Pujol i Ramon Oriol Mart´ın Montemayor
—Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Contents
Preface
xv
About the Authors
xvii
Introduction
1
I.1
The Importance of Growth
1
I.2
The World Income Distribution
6
I.3
Empirical Regularities about Economic Growth
12
I.4
A Brief History of Modern Growth Theory
16
I.5
Some Highlights of the Second Edition
21
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