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(Invited Lecture, International Economic
Association World Congress, Buenos Aires, 23--27 August 1999)
DISCUSSION PAPER NO.442 February 2000
Technology and Growth
Cross-Country Growth Comparison: Theory to Empirics
D. Quah
This paper reviews the cross-country record of economic
growth, using as organizing framework how
economic theory has guided that empirical analysis.
The paper argues that recent studies of economic
growth---both empirical and theoretical---distinguish
from previous work in three distinct ways:
1. An explicit focus on cross-country growth and development
experiences;
2. Improved, more extensive cross-country data;
3. A heightened need, driven by real-world
topicality, for understanding the economic role of
knowledge and technology in growth.
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