This 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...
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2011/6/01
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS5712
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2011/6/01
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Disclosed
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Growth poles and multipolarity
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global growth