Essays on Balance of Payments Constrained Growth: Theory and Evidence

ISBN-13: 9780415326315 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 352 str.

J. S. L. McCombie; A. P. Thirlwall

Opis

There are many theories concerning the reasons that the pace of development and the growth of national product differ between nations. One of the most interesting theories concerns the relationship between a country's balance of payments and its economic growth and development. It is this area which is covered in this book. The contributions contained within this book outline the fundamental theoretical model which argues that no country can grow faster than that rate consistent with balance of payments equilibrium on current account. It moves on to analyze various case studies that apply the model to both developed and developing countries. With an impressive array of contributors and under the notable editorship of mcCombie and thirlwall, this book is simply essential reading for economists with an interest in the relationship between trade and growth, and to policy makers in developing countries.

Spis treści

1  Introduction (J.S.L. McCombie & A.P. Thirlwall)

Part 1: Theory

2. The balance of payments constraint as an explanation of international growth rate differences (A.P. Thirlwall)

3. The balance of payments constraint, capital flows and growthrate differences between developing countries (A.P. Thirlwall & M. Nureldin Hussein)

4. Economic growth, the Harrod foreign trade multiplier andthe Hicks super-multiplier (J.S.L. McCombie

5. Economic growth, trade interlinkages, and thebalance of payments constraint (J.S.L. McCombie)

6. International competitiveness, relative wages, and thebalance of payments constraint (Robert A. Blecker)

7. The stability of Thirlwall’s model of economic growth andthe balance of payments constraint (Maurizio Pugno)

8. The balance of payments constraint (Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho)

Part 2: Developed countries

9. On the empirics of balance of payments constrained growth (J.S.L. McCombie)

10. The 45° rule revisited (P.S. Andersen)

11. A new approach to the balance of payments constraint (José A. Alonso & Carlos Garcimartín)

12. An application of Thirlwall’s Law to the Spanish economy (Miguel León-Ledesma)

Part 3: Developing countries

13. Balance of payments constrained growth and developingcountries (Jonathan Perraton)

14. The balance of payments constraint and growth rate differences among African and East Asian economies (M. Nureldin Hussein)

15. The chronicle of economic growth in Southeast Asian countries (M. Ansari, N. Hashemzadeh & Y. Xi)

16. Thirlwall’s Law and beyond: the Latin American experience (Julio López & Alberto Cruz)

17. Balance of payments constrained growth in Central America, 1950–96 (Juan Zarlos Moreno-Brid & Esteban Pérez)

18. Balance of payments constrained economic growth: the case of Mexico (Juan Zarlos Moreno-Brid)

19. A ‘generalised’ version of the balance of payments growth model (Kevin Nell)

O autorze

J.S.L. McCombie is a Fellow in Economics at Downing College, Cambridge, UK. A.P. Thirlwall is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Kent, UK. He has been an advisor to various government departments, and a consultant to many international development organisations.