Rethinking Economic Growth in a Globalizing World: An Economic Geography Lens*

Abstract: This paper argues that cumulative causation processes are fundamental to understanding growth and development. Such processes derive from spatially concentrated increasing returns to scale including thick market effects, knowledge spillovers, sectoral and urban clustering, and self‐reinforcing improvements in physical and social infrastructure. These sources of agglomeration have been extensively analyzed in the economic geography literature. They imply that spatial unevenness in economic activity and incomes is an equilibrium outcome. Growth tends to be ‘lumpy’, with some sectors in some countries growing fast while other countries lag. The policy challenge is to lift potential new centers of economic activity to the point where they can reap the productivity and investment climate advantages of increasing returns and cumulative causation.     

腐败的经济学分析及反腐败的经济对策

腐败是一个严峻的社会问题,也是一种复杂的社会现象,涉及到社会制度、体制、经济、权力、道德、文化等多种因素。试图从经济学的角度,对腐败进行定义,分析其成因和危害,探讨治理腐败的途径。     

“大王”经济驶入快车道

改革开放以来,大王镇以发展乡镇企业为突破口,以科技创新与人才开发为支点,全镇经济和各项事业突飞猛进,人民生活水平大幅提高。2005年,全镇社会总产值实现220亿元,农民人均纯收入达5306元。     

An Indonesian Economic Forecast Based on a Yearly Econometric Model

This paper presents an ex-ante medium-term forecast of the Indonesian economy (1991–97) based on a yearly macro-econometric model developed by the author at the University of Indonesia. The model uses a combined supply and demand framework and reflects a mixture of Keynesian, monetarist and classical approaches. The paper explains the model structure and the assumptions adopted in the projection, and presents the results of the forecast. Discussion of results emphasises selected variables considered important in the country's macroeconomic affairs. The short-term trend for 1991–93 is also briefly discussed.     

创新使泰安经济脱颖而出

初夏时节的泰汶大地,洋溢着建设经济文化强市、打造国际旅游名城的蓬勃热情,泰安人民正在加快发展的潮头弄桨起舞、开拓奋进,推动泰安经济社会的新跨越.