This volume collects some of the papers presented at the 82nd Round
Table Conference of the International Economic Association, that was
organised in collaboration with Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. The book
considers different approaches to the analysis of economic growth and it
is organised in five parts. Par I is devoted to “empirical evidence”.
Part II contains six papers, which present a series of models based on
different approaches, but with special emphasis on endogenous growth and
on Schumpeterian models of growth and fluctuations. Part III of the
book is devoted to the impact of international trade on economic
development. Part IV examines the effects of economic development on the
natural environment. The final part of the book (Part V) contains the
concluding evaluations. 

Contributors: P. Aghion, R. Aversi, D. Ben-David, G.
Bertola, O. Castellino, F. Donati, G. Dosi, W. Easterly, S. Fabiani, C.
Freeman, R. Goodwin, J. Helliwell, E. Helpman, P. Howitt, R. King, M.
Landesmann, R. Levine, S. Lombardini, K-G. Maler, W. D. Nordhaus, L. L.
Pasinetti, S. Rebelo, A. Sen, L. Soete, R. M. Solow, M. Syrquin, B.
Verspagen, S. Zervos

This volume collects some of the papers presented at the 82nd Round Table Conference of the International Economic Association, that was organised in collaboration with Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. The book considers different approaches to the analysis of economic growth and it is organised in five parts. Par I is devoted to “empirical evidence”. Part II contains six papers, which present a series of models based on different approaches, but with special emphasis on endogenous growth and on Schumpeterian models of growth and fluctuations. Part III of the book is devoted to the impact of international trade on economic development. Part IV examines the effects of economic development on the natural environment. The final part of the book (Part V) contains the concluding evaluations. 

Contributors: P. Aghion, R. Aversi, D. Ben-David, G. Bertola, O. Castellino, F. Donati, G. Dosi, W. Easterly, S. Fabiani, C. Freeman, R. Goodwin, J. Helliwell, E. Helpman, P. Howitt, R. King, M. Landesmann, R. Levine, S. Lombardini, K-G. Maler, W. D. Nordhaus, L. L. Pasinetti, S. Rebelo, A. Sen, L. Soete, R. M. Solow, M. Syrquin, B. Verspagen, S. Zervos