Publication

Feb 2002

This research paper explores the relationship between economic growth and geography using a simple exogenous growth model with technology diffusion through trade in capital goods. The paper begins with a review of existing growth theories before it describes the spatial distribution of growth and income. Thereafter the paper shortly introduces Eaton and Kortum’s model and corresponding estimation results that were derived from this approach. The last part concludes, among others, that both income and growth may depend on geography.

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Author Per Botolf Maurseth
Series NUPI Working Papers
Issue 623
Publisher Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
Copyright © 2002 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
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