1st Edition

Structural Analysis and the Process of Economic Development

Edited By Jonas Ljungberg Copyright 2016
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Economic development is full of discontinuities. Mainstream economists perceive these as external disturbances to a natural state of equilibrium, but this book argues that much of the discontinuities are part of economic development, suggesting that patterns can be understood with structural analysis. Structural Analysis and the Process of Economic Development presents a detailed... Read more

1. Introduction: Structural analysis and the process of economic development Jonas Ljungberg 2. How it all began: on structural periods Olle Krantz and Carl-Axel Nilsson 3. Identifying and modelling cycles and long waves in economic time series Fredrik N.G. Andersson 4. Development blocks and Structural Analysis Josef Taalbi 5. The Gerschenkron Effect, Creative Destruction and Structural Analysis Jonas Ljungberg 6. The gold standard and industrial breakthrough in Sweden Håkan Lobell 7. The development of economic growth and inequality among the Swedish regions 1860–2010. Evidence from regional national accounts Martin Henning and Kerstin Enflo 8. Regional analysis and the process of economic development: changes in growth, employment and income Martin Henning, Karl-Johan Lundquist and Lars-Olof Olander 9. Economic environmental history. Anything new under the sun? Astrid Kander

Biography

Jonas Ljungberg is a Professor in Economic History at Lund University, Sweden.