Overview
- Deals with a topic not consistently covered before: the growth process after economic transition from centrally planned to market economies
- Introduces new ideas in explaining growth shocks
- Presents a clear and structured model that can be applied to different countries, making comparisons easier
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This book studies the economic growth and development of four Visegrad economies (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) between 1995-2014. The author uses a neoclassical growth model with distortions (wedges) to identify the main sources of economic growth for each of these countries including employment, human capital, capital accumulation and TFP growth. The first part of the book is structured around the concept of production function, factor inputs and growth accounting, and the second part of the book looks at selected problems related to economic developments of the analysed countries. This book combines empirical facts, data analysis and macroeconomic modelling and will appeal to those interested in convergence and growth in general, and analysts and researchers studying the Visegrad countries in particular.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Part III
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
István Kónya is Visiting Professor at the Economics Department of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and Research Advisor at the Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Previously, he worked as an assistant professor at Boston College, USA (2001-2004).
His research interests are in economic growth, labor economics and international economics.
István received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 2001. He also holds an M.A. in Economics from the Budapest University of Economics Sciences (1996). He currently teaches Macroeconomic Theory (MA) and Growth and Development (PhD).
His research interests are in economic growth, labor economics and international economics.
István received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 2001. He also holds an M.A. in Economics from the Budapest University of Economics Sciences (1996). He currently teaches Macroeconomic Theory (MA) and Growth and Development (PhD).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Economic Growth in Small Open Economies
Book Subtitle: Lessons from the Visegrad Countries
Authors: István Kónya
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69317-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69316-3Published: 01 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88754-8Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69317-0Published: 24 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 209
Number of Illustrations: 51 illustrations in colour