Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions.

1987 ◽  
Vol 82 (400) ◽  
pp. 1180
Author(s):  
Andrea Tyree ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
Committee on Population
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Economic Development Policy

Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions.

1987 ◽  
Vol 82 (400) ◽  
pp. 1179
Author(s):  
Nathan Keyfitz ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
Committee on Population
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Economic Development Policy

Choice Of Technique And The Volume Of Saving (A Re-Examination Of The Cobb-Douglas Model)

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 606-617
Author(s):  
Mohammad Anisur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Production Function ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Social Goals ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Development Policy ◽  
Labour Intensity ◽  
The One ◽  
Choice Of Technique ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the relationship between the degree of aggregate labour-intensity and the aggregate volume of saving in an economy where a Cobb-6ouglas production function in its traditional form can be assumed to give a good approximation to reality. The relationship in ques¬tion has an obviously important bearing on economic development policy in the area of choice of labour intensity. To the extent that and in the range where an increase in labour intensity would adversely affect the volume of savings, a con¬flict arises between two important social objectives, i.e., higher rate of capital formation on the one hand and greater employment and distributive equity on the other. If relative resource endowments in the economy are such that such a "competitive" range of labour-intensity falls within the nation's attainable range of choice, development planners will have to arrive at a compromise between these two social goals.

Governors as Economic Problem Solvers

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Economic Problem ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Economic Development Policy ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
New Business ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Problem Solvers ◽  
Economic Development Strategies

Despite the important role governors have played in shaping states’ economic development strategies, existing quantitative studies of state economic development policymaking have paid only scant attention to the factors that influence governors’ decisions about economic development policy. This study investigates these factors using a unique data set of gubernatorial economic development proposals generated by content analyzing hundreds of major legislative addresses delivered by governors during the 12-year period from 1995 to 2006. The findings reveal that gubernatorial economic development policymaking is only partially an attempt to solve a state’s economic problems. Economic policy making by governors appears to be driven largely by a desire to compete for new business investment during periods of economic expansion.

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