TY - BOOK AU - Dasgupta,Dipankar TI - Modern growth theory SN - 9780198069966 (hbk.) U1 - 338.9 23 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Economic development KW - Econometric models N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. The Solow model and optimal control theory. 1. Long run growth : objectives and received theory -- 2. Growth in private and command economies -- Part II.Selected models of new growth theory. 3. Technical progress as a spillover -- 4. Technical progress as a conscious economic activity-I -- 5. Growth and infrastructure -- 6. Technical progress as a conscious economic activity-II -- 7. Research and uncertainty -- 8. Other major issues : growth scale effects and inequality -- References -- Index N2 - This book introduces students to a rigorous though easy to grasp treatment of Control Theory, which is an essential condition for research in modern economic theory ER -