Economic Growth in Theory and Practice : A Kaldoian Perspective

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These 52 articles on and by Nicholas Kaldor concentrate on his theoretical and applied economic growth. This volume features biographical sketches, Kaldor's early contributions to steady-state growth theory, his long flirtation with Verdoorn's Law, and the last stage of his thinking on growth, concentrating on world economy models of increasing returns and export-constrained growth. Contributors include: M. Chatterji, G.C. Harcourt, N. Kaldor, R.E. Rowthorn and A.P. Thirlwall.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Recollections of an Economist	p. 3
Nicholas Kaldor: A Few Personal Notes	p. 27
Nicholas Kaldor, 12 May 1908-30 September 1986	p. 35
Nicholas Kaldor, 1908-86	p. 47
Talking About Kaldor	p. 70
The Relation of Economic Growth and Cyclical Fluctuations	p. 87
A Model of Economic Growth	p. 106
A New Model of Economic Growth	p. 140
The Limitations of Economic Growth Models: Critical Remarks on Some Aspects of Mr. Kaldor's Model	p. 159
Economic Growth and the Distributive Shares	p. 179
A Rejoinder to Mr. Findlay	p. 191
Overdeterminateness in Kaldor's Growth Model	p. 194
Overdeterminateness in Kaldor's Growth Model: A Comment	p. 197
A Critique of Mr. Kaldor's Model of Income Distribution and Economic Growth	p. 199
A Re-Examination of the Existence and Stability Propositions in Kaldor's Growth Models	p. 216
The Instability of Kaldorian Models	p. 224
The Degree of Monopoly in the Kaldor-Mirrlees Growth Model	p. 234
A Further Note	p. 238
Some Fallacies in the Interpretation of Kaldor	p. 241
A Comment on Kaldor's Note	p. 248
The Stability of Kaldor's 1957 Model	p. 249
Kaldor on Growth	p. 265
Causes of the Slow Rate of Economic Growth of the United Kingdom	p. 279
Productivity and Growth in Manufacturing Industry: Some Reflections on Professor Kaldor's Inaugural Lecture	p. 319
Productivity and Growth in Manufacturing Industry: A Reply	p. 329
"Verdoorn Effects", Returns to Scale, and the Elasticity of Factor Substitution	p. 336
What Remains of Kaldor's Law?	p. 347
Economic Growth and the Verdoorn Law: A Comment on Mr. Rowthorn's Article	p. 357
A Reply to Lord Kaldor's Comment	p. 363
Diffusion, Convergence and Kaldor's Laws	p. 368
Differences in Growth Rates and Kaldor's Laws	p. 376
A Note on Verdoorn's Law	p. 385
Verdoorn's Law in Retrospect: A Comment	p. 388
Rowthorn's Interpretation of Verdoorn's Law	p. 392
Kaldor's Law and British Economic Growth: 1800-1970	p. 395
On the Quantitative Importance of Kaldor's Laws	p. 406
Verdoorn's Law - The Externalities Hypothesis and Economic Growth in the U.K.	p. 417
Discussion	p. 442
What Still Remains of Kaldor's Laws?	p. 446
Introduction	p. 457
A Plain Man's Guide to Kaldor's Growth Laws	p. 461
The Case for Regional Policies	p. 477
A Model of Regional Growth-Rate Differences on Kaldorian Lines	p. 489
Equilibrium Theory and Growth Theory	p. 503
Limits on Growth	p. 522
Growth and the Terms of Trade: A Kaldorian Two Sector Model	p. 534
A General Model of Growth and Development on Kaldorian Lines	p. 552
Increasing Returns in Industry and the Role of Agriculture in Growth	p. 573
North-South Growth and the Terms of Trade: A Model on Kaldorian Lines	p. 587
A Kaldorian Model of Growth and Development Revisited: A Comment on Thirlwall	p. 598
A Kaldorian Model of Growth and Development Revisited: A Rejoinder to Dutt	p. 611
Name Index	p. 615
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