The late Theo van de Klundert, formerly Tilburg University, The NetherlandsEdited by Sjak Smulders, Fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

'Sjak Smulders has done an excellent job of editing and organising the papers. As the title of the book suggests, they are ordered in such a way that the reader gains an impression of how orthodox growth theory has changed over the post-war period. . . this collection of his [van de Klundert's] papers is to be welcomed.'

• Contents: Introduction Part I: Essentials of Growth Theory 1. Constructing Growth Theory 2. Reconstructing Growth Theory Part II: Empirics 3. Biased Efficiency Growth and Capital–Labour Substitution in the US, 1899–1960 4. On the Historical Continuity of the Process of Economic Growth Part III: Growth, Distribution and Unemployment 5. Economic Growth and Induced Technical Progress 6. Demand and Supply as Factors Determining Economic Growth 7. Endogenous Growth and Income Distribution Part IV: R&D and Firm-Specific Knowledge 8. Imperfect Competition, Concentration and Growth 9. Growth, Competition and Welfare 10. Loss of Technological Leadership of Rentier Economies Part V: International Trade and Growth 11. LDCs versus DCs: Trade and Growth 12. North–South Knowledge Spillovers and Competition: Convergence versus Divergence 13. Economic Development and Trade in the World Economy Index

The late Theo van de Klundert, formerly Tilburg University, The NetherlandsEdited by Sjak Smulders, Fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

'Sjak Smulders has done an excellent job of editing and organising the papers. As the title of the book suggests, they are ordered in such a way that the reader gains an impression of how orthodox growth theory has changed over the post-war period. . . this collection of his [van de Klundert's] papers is to be welcomed.'

• Contents: Introduction Part I: Essentials of Growth Theory 1. Constructing Growth Theory 2. Reconstructing Growth Theory Part II: Empirics 3. Biased Efficiency Growth and Capital–Labour Substitution in the US, 1899–1960 4. On the Historical Continuity of the Process of Economic Growth Part III: Growth, Distribution and Unemployment 5. Economic Growth and Induced Technical Progress 6. Demand and Supply as Factors Determining Economic Growth 7. Endogenous Growth and Income Distribution Part IV: R&D and Firm-Specific Knowledge 8. Imperfect Competition, Concentration and Growth 9. Growth, Competition and Welfare 10. Loss of Technological Leadership of Rentier Economies Part V: International Trade and Growth 11. LDCs versus DCs: Trade and Growth 12. North–South Knowledge Spillovers and Competition: Convergence versus Divergence 13. Economic Development and Trade in the World Economy Index

The late Theo van de Klundert, formerly Tilburg University, The NetherlandsEdited by Sjak Smulders, Fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

'Sjak Smulders has done an excellent job of editing and organising the papers. As the title of the book suggests, they are ordered in such a way that the reader gains an impression of how orthodox growth theory has changed over the post-war period. . . this collection of his [van de Klundert's] papers is to be welcomed.'

• Contents: Introduction Part I: Essentials of Growth Theory 1. Constructing Growth Theory 2. Reconstructing Growth Theory Part II: Empirics 3. Biased Efficiency Growth and Capital–Labour Substitution in the US, 1899–1960 4. On the Historical Continuity of the Process of Economic Growth Part III: Growth, Distribution and Unemployment 5. Economic Growth and Induced Technical Progress 6. Demand and Supply as Factors Determining Economic Growth 7. Endogenous Growth and Income Distribution Part IV: R&D and Firm-Specific Knowledge 8. Imperfect Competition, Concentration and Growth 9. Growth, Competition and Welfare 10. Loss of Technological Leadership of Rentier Economies Part V: International Trade and Growth 11. LDCs versus DCs: Trade and Growth 12. North–South Knowledge Spillovers and Competition: Convergence versus Divergence 13. Economic Development and Trade in the World Economy Index