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Growth Theory

Growth Theory is a branch of mathematical economics that studies the mechanisms and determinants of long-term economic expansion by analyzing how capital accumulation, technological progress, and population growth interact to shape the evolution of aggregate output over time.

20.1K

Publications

1.7M

Citations

22.6K

Authors

4.9K

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2017–2026

3.1K

Variants

Economic Growth Theory

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Publications

20.1K

A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth

Robert M. Solow · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1956 · 24K citations

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An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change.

Brian J. Loasby, Richard R. Nelson, Sidney G. Winter · The Economic Journal · 1983 · 21.7K citations

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Increasing Returns and Long-Run Growth

Paul Romer · Journal of Political Economy · 1986 · 19.9K citations

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Endogenous Technological Change

Paul Romer · Journal of Political Economy · 1990 · 16K citations

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A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth

N. Gregory Mankiw, Daniel Römer, David Weil · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1992 · 15.1K citations

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Authors

22.6K

  1. PA
    Philippe Aghion

    Collège de France, France

    65 publications · 20.5K citations

    42

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  2. DW
    Dale W. Jorgenson

    Harvard University Press, United States

    58 publications · 8.3K citations

    37

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  3. NC
    Nicholas Crafts

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    55 publications · 4.8K citations

    35

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  4. RJ
    Robert J. Barro

    Harvard University, United States

    37 publications · 20.1K citations

    31

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  5. PH
    Peter Howitt

    John Brown University, United States

    36 publications · 16.1K citations

    29

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Institutions

4.9K

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    124 h-index

    692 publications

    125.9K citations

  2. International Monetary Fund

    Washington D.C., United States

    85 h-index

    537 publications

    57.2K citations

  3. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    77 h-index

    336 publications

    35.1K citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    74 h-index

    221 publications

    27.9K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    73 h-index

    218 publications

    67.4K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    72 h-index

    187 publications

    46.9K citations

  7. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    67 h-index

    170 publications

    29.9K citations

  8. World Bank

    Washington, United States

    66 h-index

    175 publications

    45.1K citations

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Venues

  1. The Economic Journal

    356 publications · 75.1K citations

    113

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  2. American Economic Review

    239 publications · 75.6K citations

    113

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1.3K publications · 66.2K citations

    105

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  4. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 1K publications · 52.1K citations

    93

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  5. Journal of Development Economics

    156 publications · 34K citations

    79

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