CEIS-Tor Vergata is pleased to inform you that, on Friday October 18th, 2013 at 12.00 pm, prof. Holger Strulik (University of Goettingen) will present a paper on “The Great Divergence: A Network Approach ” ABSTRACT We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge exchange. Growth is generated through human capital accumulation and knowledge externalities. The available knowledge in any country depends on its connections to the rest of the world and on the human capital of the countries it is exchanging knowledge with. We show how the diffusion of knowledge through the world generates a ``Great Divergence'', that is increasing world inequality after the take-off of the forerunners of the industrial revolution, followed by a ``Great Convergence'', that is decreasing world inequality after the take-off of trailers and latecomers. Knowledge diffusion through a Small World network produces not only convergence at the aggregate level but also an extraordinary diversity of individual growth experiences of initially identical countries including differentiated take-offs to growth as well as overtaking and falling behind in the course of world development. The Seminar will be held at the Faculty of Economics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", B-building, 1° floor, room B Please, go to www.ceistorvergata.it for the complete list of seminars and events at CEIS. How to reach us: http://web.uniroma2.it/mobilita/index.html http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/area.asp?a=867 Barbara Piazzi __________ Informazioni da ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versione del database delle firme digitali 8914 (20131014) __________ Il messaggio è stato controllato da ESET NOD32 Antivirus. www.nod32.it |
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