Innovation and growth in the global economy
- G. Grossman, E. Helpman
- Economics
- 1 August 1993
Traditional growth theory emphasizes the incentives for capital accumulation rather than technological progress. Innovation is treated as an exogenous process or a by-product of investment in…
Quality Ladders in the Theory of Growth
- G. Grossman, E. Helpman
- Economics
- 1 September 1989
We develop a model of repeated product improvements in a continuum of sectors. Each product follows a stochastic progression up a quality ladder. Progress is not uniform across sectors, so an…
Economic Growth and the Environment
- G. Grossman, A. Krueger
- Economics
- 1 February 1994
Using data assembled by the Global Environmental Monitoring System we examine the reduced-form relationship between various environmental indicators and the level of a country's per capita income.…
Special Interest Politics
- G. Grossman, E. Helpman
- Political Science
- 1 November 2001
This landmark theoretical book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups affect policy in modern democracies. Defining a special interest group as any organization that takes action on…
Protection for Sale
- G. Grossman, E. Helpman
- Economics
- 1 August 1992
We develop a model in which special interest groups make political contributions in order to influence an incumbent government's choice of trade policy. In the political equilibrium. the interest…
Incomplete Contracts and the Product Cycle
- Pol Antra, D. Acemoglu, Roberto
- Economics, Business
- 2005
I present a model in which the incomplete nature of contracts governing international transactions limits the extent to which the production process can be fragmented across borders. Because of…
Informative Advertising with Differentiated Products
- G. Grossman, C. Shapiro
- Business, Economics
- 1984
In this paper we study the role of promotional expenditures by sellers in a model of product differentiation. Advertising conveys full and accurate information about the characteristics of products.…
Trade, Knowledge Spillovers, and Growth
- G. Grossman, E. Helpman
- Economics
- 1 October 1990
Quality Ladders and Product Cycles
- G. Grossman, E. Helpman
- Economics
- 1 December 1989
We develop a two-country model of endogenous innovation and imitation in order to study the interactions between these two processes. Firms in the North race to bring out the next generation of a set…
Optimal Trade and Industrial Policy Under Oligopoly
- J. Eaton, G. Grossman
- Economics
- 1 November 1983
In this paper we provide an integrative treatment of the welfare effects of trade and industrial policy under oligopoly, and characterize qualitatively the form that optimal intervention takes under…
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