Recently, Jones (2002} and Barro and Sala−í−Martin (2004) pointed out that the neoclassical growth model with a Cobb−Douglas technology has a closed−form solution. This note makes a similar remark for the Malthusian model: I develop and characterize a closed−form solution. Moreover, I emphasize structural similarities between the Malthusian and the neoclassical model if the dynamic behavior is ...

PLATO OBSERVED IT, THE OLD TESTAMENT TAUGHT IT, and Thomas Robert Malthus feared it. It has been called the principle of plenitude, which "presupposes a richness, an expansiveness of life, a tendency to fill up, so to speak, the empty niches of nature; implicit is the recognition of the great variety of life and perhaps its tendency to multiply."1 For all living things, the bibli cal injunction...

together, the whole of this book is much greater than the sum of the eleven articles. This is not just because Hunter has slightly amended the original papers to add cross-references to the others, although this is undoubtedly useful, and off-sets the inevitable repetition resulting from their original composition as separate pieces. The book is greater than the sum of its parts becauseHunter s...

The Malthusian model, which implies a long-run interaction between demography and living standards, forms cornerstone of our understanding comparative economic development, as postulated by unified growth theory. Its empirical validity has been supported number studies, most examine England. In Northern Italy, however, there might have reversed “preventive check.” We employ cointegrated VAR mod...