Contributors
Part I. General Patterns of Convergence
1: William J. Baumol, Richard R. Nelson, and Edward N. Wolf: Introduction: The Convergence of Productivity, Its Significance, and Its Varied Connotations
2: Angus Maddison: Explaining the Economic Performance of Nations, 1820-1989
3: William J. Baumol: Multivariate Growth Patterns: Contagion and Common Forces as Possible Sources of Convergence
4: Moses Abramovitz: Catch-up and Convergence in the Postwar Growth Boom and After
Part II. Technological Leadership
5: Richard R. Nelson and Gavin Wright: The Erosion of U.S. Technological Leadership as a Factor in Postwar Economic Convergence
6: William Lazonick: Social Organization and Technological Leadership
Part III. What Lies Behind Convergence?
7: David Dollar and Edward N. Wolff: Capital Intensity and TFP Convergence by Industry in Manufacturing, 1963-1985
8: Frank R. Lichtenberg: Have International Differences in Educational Attainment Levels Narrowed?
9: Magnus Blomstroem, Robert E. Lipsey, and Mario Zejan: What Explains the Growth of Developing Contries?
Part IV. The NICs and the LDCs
10: Magnus Blomstroem and Edward N. Wolff: Multinational Corporations and Productivity Convergence in Mexico
11: Takashi Hikino and Alice H. Amsden: Staying Behind, Stumbling Back, Sneaking Up, Soaring Ahead: Late Industrialization in Historical Perspective
12: Gregory K. Ingram: Social Indicators and Productivity Convergence in Developing Countries
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