Curso de actualización para profesores: Teorías del crecimiento y desarrollo económicos

Profesor: Jaime Ros
Semestre 2011-2 (enero-mayo 2011)

Inicio: 4 de febrero de 2011.
Horario: Viernes de 11:00 a 14:00 hrs.
Lugar: salón 207 Edificio del Posgrado de la Facultad de Economía, UNAM

Programa y bibliografía [ 22 Kb]

Lecturas disponibles por tema

1. Introducción

Ray, D., What’s new in development economics? [ 1 Mb], The American Economist, 44 (2), 2000
Yusuf, S. Development Economics through the decades [ 1 Mb], World Bank, caps. 1 y 3, 2009
Rodrik, D., Diagnostics before prescription [ 600 Kb], Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 24, n.3, 2010

2. Los hechos del crecimiento

Hall, R. y C. Jones. Why Do Some Countries Produce more Output per Worker than Others? [ 300 Kb], Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1999 (primera parte)
Levine, R. y W. Easterly, It's Not Factor Accumulation: Stylized Facts and Growth Models [ 5 Mb], World Bank Economic Review, 2001
Pritchett, L., Divergence, Big Time [ 350 kb]Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1997
Banerjee, A. y E. Duflo, Growth theory through the lens of development economics (sección 2) [ 700 kb], en P. Aghion y S. Durlauf (eds), Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005

3. El modelo neoclásico y sus extensiones

El modelo de Solow

Solow, R., A contribution to the theory of economic growth [ 600 kb], Quarterly Journal of Economics 70, 1956
Solow, R., Growth Theory: an exposition [ 1 Mb], 1988 (Nobel Lecture y cap. 2)

Extensiones del modelo neoclásico: tecnología y capital humano

Mankiw, G., D. Romer, and D. Weil , A contribution to the empirics of economic growth [ 2.5 Mb], Quarterly Journal of Economics, 152, 1992
Mankiw, G., The growth of nations [ 2.5 Mb], Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1, 1995.
Romer, P., Comment on N. Gregory Mankiw, “The Growth of Nations”[ 800 Kb], Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1, 1995.
Islam, N., Growth empirics: A panel data approach [ 750 Kb], Quarterly Journal of Economics 110, 4, 1995.
Nelson, R., and E. Phelps, Investment in Humans, Technological Diffusion and Economic Growth [ 290 Kb], The American Economic Review, Vol. 56, No. 1/2, Mar. 1, 1966, pp. 69-75.
Benhabib, J., and M. Spiegel, The rol of human capital in economics development. Evidence from aggregate cross-country data [ 1 Mb], Journal of Monetary Economics, 34, 1994, pp. 143-173.
Benhabib, J., and M. Spiegel, Human Capital and Technology Diffusion [ 500 Kb], FRBSF, Working Paper #2003-02.

Ahorro endógeno, riesgo político y trampas de pobreza

King, R., y S. Rebelo, Transitional dynamics and economic growth in the neoclassical model [ 700 Kb], American Economic Review 83, 1993
Nelson, R. , A theory of the low level equilibrium trap in underdeveloped economies [ 1.5 Mb], American Economic Review, 46: 894-908. 1956
Barro, R., Economic growth in a cross section of countries [ 600 Kb], Quarterly Journal of Economics, 106, 1991

4. Excedentes de trabajo, rendimientos crecientes y crecimiento endógeno

El modelo de Lewis y nociones alternativas de excedente de trabajo

Lewis, A., Economic development with unlimited supplies of labor [ 250 Kb], The Manchester School of Economic and Social Studies, May, 1954
Ranis, G., Arthur Lewis’ contribution to development thinking and policy [ 65 Kb], Center Discussion Paper no. 891, 2004, http://ssrn.com/abstract=583302
Fei, J. and G. Ranis, A theory of economic development [ 4 Mb], American Economic Review, 1961
Jorgenson, D., The development of a dual economy [ 800 Kb], Economic Journal, June, 1961

Externalidades tecnológicas y equilibrios múltiples

Rosenstein-Rodan, P., Problems of industrialization of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe [ 1.4 Mb], Economic Journal, June-September, 1943
Ades, A. and E. Glaeser, Evidence on growth, increasing returns, and the extent of the market [ 1 Mb], Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume CXIV (3), August 1999

Competencia imperfecta, economías internas y externalidades pecuniarias

Murphy, K., A. Shleifer, and R. Vishny, Industrialization and the big push [ 2 Mb], Journal of Political Economy, October, 1989
Krugman, P., Toward a Counter-Counterrevolution in Development Theory, Proceedings of the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, 1992 (* ver también comentario de Stiglitz [ 40 Kb])
Skott, P. and J. Ros, The 'big push' in an open economy with non tradable inputs [ 450 Kb], Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Fall 1997, vol. 20, n.1, 1997

Crecimiento endógeno y la teoría del desarrollo

Lucas, R., On the mechanics of economic development [ 4 Mb], Journal of Monetary Economics, 1988
Pack, H., Endogenous growth theory: Intellectual appeal and empirical shortcomings [ 424 Kb], The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 1994, 8: 1. 1994.
Romer, P., The Origins of Endogenous Growth [ 400 Kb], Journal of Economic Perspective,s Winter 1994, 8: 1, 1994.
Solow, R.M., Perspectives on growth theory [ 300 Kb], The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 1994, 8: 1, 1994

5. Comercio y desarrollo

Crecimiento y patrón de especialización

Rodríguez - Clare, A., The division of labor and economic development [ 1 Mb], Journal of Development Economics, 49: 3-32, 1996
Rodrik, D., Getting Interventions Right: How South Korea and Taiwan Grew Rich [ 3 Mb], Economic Policy, Vol. 10, Issue 2, April 1995.
Ciccone, A. y K. Matsuyama, Start up costs and pecuniary externalities as barriers to economic development [ 1 Mb], Journal of Development Economics 49: 33-60, 1996
Rodríguez, F. y D. Rodrik, Trade policy and economic growth: A skeptic's guide to the cross-national evidence [ 2 Mb], en B. Bernanke y K. Rogoff (eds). NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2000. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001

Recursos naturales y crecimiento

Corden, M., Booming sector and Dutch disease economics: a survey and consolidation [ 2 Mb], Oxford Economic Papers, 1984
Myint, H., The "Classical Theory" of International Trade and the Underdeveloped Countries [ 600 Kb], Economic Journal, 1958

Desarrollo desigual

Naciones Unidas (R. Prebisch), El Desarrollo Económico de América Latina y sus Principales Problemas [ 4 Mb], 1950

6. Instituciones, desigualdad y crecimiento

Geografía y colonialismo

Acemoglu, D., S. Johnson y J. Robinson. The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: an Empirical Investigation [ 200 Kb], American Economic Review, 2001.
Acemoglu, D., S. Johnson, y J. Robinson, Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of Modern World Income Distribution [ 550 Kb], Quarterly Journal of Economics CXVII, 2002
Rodrik, D., A. Subramanian y F. Trebbi, Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development [ 500 Kb], Journal of Economic Growth, 9(2), 2004
McArthur, J. y J. Sachs, Institutions and Geography: A Comment on Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson [ 200 Kb]. NBER Working Paper 8114, Feb. 2001
Sachs, J., Tropical Underdevelopment [ 1 Mb], CID Working Paper No. 57, December 2000
Sachs, J., Institutions Don’t Rule: Direct Effects of Geography on Per Capita Income [ 300 Kb], NBER Working Paper 9490. Feb. 2003

Instituciones, infraestructura social y crecimiento

Acemoglu, D., S. Johnson y J. Robinson, Institutions as a fundamental cause of long run growth (secciones 1 a 4) [ 700 Kb], en P. Aghion y S. Durlauf (eds), Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005
Hall, R. and C. Jones. Why Do Some Countries Produce more Output per Worker than Others?[ 2 Mb], Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1999
Chang, H-J., Institutions and economic development: Theory, policy and history [ 260 Kb], Journal of Institutional Economics, 2011
Rodriguez, F., Does one size fit all in policy reform?: Cross national evidence and its implications for Latin America, in S. Mainwaring and T. Scully (eds) [ 300 Kb], Democratic Governance in Latin America, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010

Crecimiento y la economía política de la desigualdad

Banerjee, Abhijit y Esther Duflo, Inequality and Growth: What Can the Data Say? [ 600 Kb], Journal of Economic Growth, 2003
Easterly, W., Inequality Does Cause Underdevelopment [ 360 Kb], Journal of Development Economics, 84, 2007
Engerman, S. y K. Sokoloff, Factor Endowments, Inequality, and Paths of Development among New World Economies [ 400 Kb], Economia, Fall 2002

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