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A Note on Rapid Economic Development

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  • Robert M. Fearn

    (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA)

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This note specifies the microeconomic conditions that give rise to special periods of economic enhancement: rapid growth and wide-spreading prosperity. Several distinctly different historical examples are examined. The analysis may prove to be helpful to transitionalizing nations that are seeking new sources of economic growth.

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  • Robert M. Fearn, 2004. "A Note on Rapid Economic Development," South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, Association of Economic Universities of South and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region, vol. 2(2), pages 7-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:seb:journl:v:2:y:2004:i:2:p:7-17
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    3. Robert M Fearn, 1996. "Calamity and Reform in China," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 38(4), pages 141-143, December.
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    1. Ge, Suqin & Yang, Dennis Tao, 2011. "Labor market developments in China: A neoclassical view," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 22(4), pages 611-625.

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    Keywords

    Economic Growth; Economic Structure; Transitional Economies;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • P23 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population

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