A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Development
Author | : Klaus Gründler |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2018-06-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783958260726 |
ISBN-13 | : 3958260721 |
Rating | : 4/5 (721 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Development written by Klaus Gründler and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are some nations rich and others poor? What are the sources of long-run economic development and growth? How can living standards be increased? In this book, Klaus Gründler empirically analyses these central economic questions and puts a particular emphasis on the role of technology, inequality, and political institutions. To substantiate his empirical studies, he introduces a new method to compute composite measures and indices that is based on mathematical algorithms from the field of machine learning.