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Readings
1. Economic Growth – David N. Weil (Third Edition)
2. Income Distribution and Macroeconomics in The Review of Economic Studies
Article by O Galor; J Zeira 1993
3. SAVING RATES AND POVERTY: THE ROLE OF CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION AND HUMAN CAP… in The Economic Journal
Article by Omer Moav; Zvika Neeman 2012
4. Poor economics: a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty
Book by Abhijit V. Banerjee; Esther Duflo c2011
5. The Microfinance Disappointment: An Explanation Based on Risk Aversion
Document by Alexey Khazanov; Omer Moav; Zvika Neeman essential
6. How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development? in Journal of Economic Literature,
Article by Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, RomainTufts U and CESifo, Munich; UCLA 2013
7. Geography, Transparency, and Institutions in American Political Science Review,
Article by Mayshar, Joram; Moav, Omer; Neeman, ZvikaHebrew U Jerusalem; U Warwick and IDC Herzliya; Tel-Aviv U 2017
8. Cereals, Appropriability and Hierarchy
Document by Joram Mayshar; Omer Moav; Zvika Neeman
9. Economic growth
Book by Robert J. Barro; Xavier Sala-i-Martin 2003, c2004 essential
10. Poor Economics
Book by Abhijit Banerjee; Esther Duflo 2012
11. Why Do Some Countries Produce So Much More Output Per Worker Than Others? in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Article by R, E. Hall; C, I. Jones
12. Does Trade Cause Growth? in The American Economic Review
Article by J, A. Frankel; D. Romer 1999 essential
13. The Wind of Change: Maritime Technology, Trade, and Economic Development. in American Economic Review
Article by Luigi Pascali 2017 essential
14. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation in The American Economic Review
Article by D. Acemoglu; S. Johnson; J, A. Robinson 2001
15. Urban Colossus: Why Is New York America’s Largest City?
Article by Edward Glaeser essential
Here is some guidance for the questions:
– All questions: The word limit is the TOTAL amount of words you can write to answer the question.
– Question 3: Growth accounting
There was a typo in the assignment. I refer to Table I, in page 91 (sorry about the mistake), the same table you have in slide 25 of week 7 lecture.
Relative to the last part of the lecture, I just uploaded a new version of the assignment with a hint to help you answer it.
– Question 4: Yes, you have to answer “What are the main challenges to understand the contribution of institutions to economic growth?”. You can do this in a short sentence and then continue with the rest of the questions.
