Transitional Dynamics and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

Thomas Steger (geb. 1966) erwarb 1991 das Lizentiat in Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Fribourg (Schweiz). Nach einem kurzen Abstecher in die Praxis ist er seit 1993 am Lehrstuhl für Organisation der TU Chemnitz tätig.

1 Introduction.- 2 Preliminaries.- 2.1 Stylised facts of aggregate growth in developing countries.- 2.2 Development economics and growth theory.- 2.3 Methodological foundations.- 3 Economic growth with subsistence consumption.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The subsistence level of consumption.- 3.3 A linear growth model with subsistence consumption.- 3.4 Extensions of the basic linear growth model.- 3.5 Summary and conclusion.- 3.6 Appendix.- 4 Productive consumption and growth in developing countries.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Productive consumption: an overview.- 4.3 The importance of productive consumption for growth.- 4.4 Appendix.- 5 Transitional dynamics with endogenous control variables.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 The convergence debate: a selective overview.- 5.3 Cross-sectional convergence analysis.- 5.4 Summary and conclusion.- 6 Summary and conclusion.- 7 References.- List of figures.- List of tables.- Abbreviations.