This volume discusses recent work on economic growth from both theoretical and empirical points of view.

• An in-depth discussion of recent work on economic growth.


• Keeps readers abreast of the central ideas in the field.


• Presents both theoretical and empirical points of view.


• Accessible to the technically competent non-specialist economist.


• Covers topics such as technical progress, human capital, international trade, convergence, unemployment, and fiscal policy.

Through contributions from leading authors, Issues in Heterodox Economics provides a critical analysis of the methodology of mainstream economics.

• Challenges economists to abandon sterile formalism and develop new intellectual rigors to contribute to pressing contemporary issues
  
• A series of cutting-edge articles provides a critical analysis of the dependence of mainstream economics on mathematical modelling and other methodologies
  
• Topics discussed include sustainable development, worker control of firms, evolutionary growth...

Economics and History presents six state-of-the-art surveys from some of the leading scholars in cliometrics. The contributions are all written at an accessible level for the non-specialist reader and consider a broad range of issues from this highly topical area.

• Written clearly and comprehensively, allowing easy accessibility for the non-specialist reader
• Brings together the very latest research in this highly topical subject from leading scholars
• Contributions cover a broad range of areas within this subject
• The latest publication in the...

Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth provides a timely, accessible review of our understanding of the complex links between innovation, entrepreneurship, geography and growth. Expert contributions provide a thorough roadmap of the developments in research at the interface of these themes.

• A timely and accessible review of our understanding of the complex links between innovation, entrepreneurship, geography and growth
• A highly comprehensive roadmap of the range of issues addressed by research in these areas
• Discusses the most profitable...

Comprised of 10 surveys by leading scholars, this collection showcases the largest and fastest growing strands of research on market behaviour in experimental economics.

• Covers topics such as asset markets, contests, environmental policy, frictions, general equilibrium, labour markets, multi-unit auctions, oligopoly markets, and prediction markets
• Focuses on the literature that has helped economists best understand how markets operate
• Assesses the impact of developments in theory, policy, and research methods

This collection of critical surveys provides readers with a range of up-to-date work from leading scholars in the area, writing on some of the key issues facing China, as they survey the present and future challenges of the Chinese economy

• Nine papers provide detailed discussion on key aspects of the past, present and future of the Chinese economy
• Leaders in their relevant fields of scholarship tackle some of the critical issues facing China
• Contributors identify common themes, including the household registration system, urbanization, demographic transition,...

Environmental Economics and Sustainability presents a collection of peer-reviewed research articles contributed by international experts that reveal the current state of our knowledge in the field of environmental economics.

• Presents the latest research results on a plethora of issues relating to environmental economics and sustainability
• Features original contributions from top experts in the field from around the world
• Addresses several of the contemporary challenges of sustainability while infusing new energy into the field of environmental...

The term Analytical Political Economy denotes formal, rigorous approaches both theoretical and empirical to economics that lie beyond the boundaries of conventional, mainstream analysis based on Walrasian general equilibrium.