The Laureates Mokyr, Aghion, Howitt explain the role of innovation, prescriptive knowledge, creative destruction ...
Economic Theory, Vol. 29, No. 2, Symposium in Honor of Mukul Majumdar (Oct., 2006), pp. 341-362 (22 pages) We highlight two features of undiscounted optimal growth in the context of a two-sector model ...
Ghanaians see the evidence of economic wear-and-tear every day. Potholes often appear soon after a road project is ...
Howitt and Aghion received the honor for their endogenous growth model developed in the late 1980s. Mokyr was recognized for ...
Their work was credited with helping economists better understand how new ideas and inventions come about — a process as old ...
The appeal is obvious. Immigration mechanically boosts GDP, spreading existing debt over more people. In the near term, ...
The future of growth models will be driven by innovation, and this is both a challenge and an opportunity, as reflected in ...
The Nobel Prize in Economics recognizes economists for explaining innovation-driven growth. Their work highlights the link between science, technology, and societal acceptance of change. This award ...