Growth Poles and Multipolarity

dc.creatorAdams-Kane, Jonathon
dc.creatorLim, Jamus Jerome
dc.date2012-03-19T18:03:09Z
dc.date2012-03-19T18:03:09Z
dc.date2011-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:03:26Z
dc.descriptionThis paper develops an empirical measure of growth poles and uses it to examine the phenomenon of multipolarity. The authors formally define several alternative measures, provide theoretical justifications for these measures, and compute polarity values for nation states in the global economy. The calculations suggest that China, Western Europe, and the United States have been important growth poles over the broad course of world history, and in modern economic history the United States, Japan, Germany, and China have had prominent periods of growth polarity. The paper goes on to analyze the economic and institutional determinants, both at the proximate and fundamental level, that underlie this measure of polarity, as well as compute measures of dispersion in growth polarity shares for the major growth poles.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3477
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5712
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414794
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5712
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectABSOLUTE TERMS
dc.subjectACTUAL GROWTH
dc.subjectALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectCAPITAL ACCOUNT
dc.subjectCAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subjectCAPITAL INFLOWS
dc.subjectCAPITAL OUTFLOWS
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCONTROL VARIABLES
dc.subjectCOUNTRY VARIATION
dc.subjectCULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectCURRENCY
dc.subjectCYCLICAL FACTORS
dc.subjectDATA AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDENSITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectDEPENDENCY RATIO
dc.subjectDEPENDENCY RATIOS
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDETERMINANTS OF GROWTH
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subjectDIRECTION OF TRADE
dc.subjectDUMMY VARIABLES
dc.subjectDYNAMIC PANEL
dc.subjectDYNAMIC PANEL MODELS
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODELS
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC CRISES
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC HISTORY
dc.subjectECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC LITERATURE
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMIC POWER
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subjectECONOMIC RELATIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectECONOMIC SIZE
dc.subjectECONOMIC STUDIES
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectELDERLY
dc.subjectELDERLY POPULATION
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL MODEL
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS
dc.subjectESTIMATION METHOD
dc.subjectESTIMATION STRATEGY
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectEXPORTER
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectFINANCIAL FLOWS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MARKET
dc.subjectFINANCIAL OPENNESS
dc.subjectFIXED EFFECTS
dc.subjectFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFORMAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectFUNDAMENTAL DETERMINANTS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION
dc.subjectGINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectGLOBAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectGLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectGLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectGLOBAL LEVEL
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subjectGLOBAL POLICY
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectGRAVITY MODEL
dc.subjectGROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION
dc.subjectGROWTH INVESTMENT
dc.subjectGROWTH LITERATURE
dc.subjectGROWTH OF NATIONS
dc.subjectGROWTH PROCESS
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectGROWTH REGRESSIONS
dc.subjectHOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectHOST COUNTRY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectIFS
dc.subjectIMMIGRANT
dc.subjectIMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINCOME PER CAPITA
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE GOODS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONALIZATION
dc.subjectLABOR SHORTAGES
dc.subjectLAGGED DEPENDENT
dc.subjectLESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectLEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLEVERAGE
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLIQUIDITY
dc.subjectLIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectLONG-RUN GROWTH
dc.subjectLONG-TERM GROWTH
dc.subjectMARKET POWERS
dc.subjectMARKET TURNOVER
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMIGRATION DATA
dc.subjectMIGRATION FLOWS
dc.subjectMODERN ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectMODERN ECONOMIC HISTORY
dc.subjectMONETARY ECONOMICS
dc.subjectMONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectMULTINATIONAL CORPORATION
dc.subjectMULTIPLIERS
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectNEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectNORMAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectOIL EXPORTERS
dc.subjectOLD-AGE
dc.subjectOPEN ECONOMIES
dc.subjectPANEL REGRESSIONS
dc.subjectPATENTS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL POWER
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPOSITIVE SPILLOVER
dc.subjectPOSITIVE SPILLOVER EFFECTS
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subjectREAL GDP
dc.subjectRELATIVE CONTRIBUTION
dc.subjectRESERVE ACCUMULATION
dc.subjectRESERVE HOLDINGS
dc.subjectROBUSTNESS CHECKS
dc.subjectSECONDARY ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT IMPACT
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectSMALL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL FACTORS
dc.subjectSPILLOVER
dc.subjectSTRONG CONSUMER DEMAND
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
dc.subjectTIME-INVARIANT VARIABLES
dc.subjectTOTAL IMPORTS
dc.subjectTRADE DATA
dc.subjectTRADE GROWTH
dc.subjectTRADE OPENNESS
dc.subjectTRADE STATISTICS
dc.subjectTRADE VOLUMES
dc.subjectTRADING PARTNERS
dc.subjectWAR
dc.subjectWARS
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectWEIGHTS
dc.subjectWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.titleGrowth Poles and Multipolarity

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