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determinant
determinant a polynomial expression that is inherent in the entries of a square matrix . The size n of the square matrix, as determined from the number of entries in any row or column, is called the order of the determinant. If the entry in row i and column j is denoted as aij , then, for ... Read more
Har Gobind Khorana
Har Gobind Khorana 1922-, American biochemist, b. Raipur (now in Pakistan), Ph.D. Univ. of Liverpool, 1948. He became a U.S. citizen in 1966, and has been a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1970. Khorana, Marshall W. Nirenberg , and Robert W. Holley were awarded the 1... Read more
Anthony Collins
Anthony Collins 1676-1729, English theologian; a friend of John Locke. He set forth the position of the deists and defended the cause of rational theology. His Discourse of Free Thinking (1713) was answered by many clergymen and was satirized by Jonathan Swift. His Philosophical Inquiry Concerni... Read more
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin 1910-94, English chemist and X-ray crystallographer, b. Egypt. She received the 1964 Nobel Prize in chemistry for determining the structure of biochemical compounds (particularly of vitamin B 12 ) used to control pernicious anemia. In 1933 she and J. D. Bernal made the... Read more
determinism
determinism philosophical thesis that every event is the inevitable result of antecedent causes. Applied to ethics and psychology, determinism usually involves a denial of free will , although many philosophers have attempted to reconcile the two concepts. Thomas Hobbes, identifying the will with ... Read more
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
Marshall Warren Nirenberg 1927-, American biochemist, b. New York, N.Y., Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, 1947. He spent his entire career as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health. Nirenberg was a co-recipient of the 1968 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with Har Gobind Khorana and Robe... Read more
isomorphism
isomorphism , of minerals, similarity of crystal structure between two or more distinct substances. Sodium nitrate and calcium sulfate are isomorphous, as are the sulfates of barium, strontium, and lead. Crystals of isomorphous substances are almost identical. The substances sometimes crystallize to... Read more
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish 1731-1810, English physicist and chemist, b. Nice. He was the son of Lord Charles Cavendish and grandson of the 2d duke of Devonshire. He was a recluse, and most of his writings were published posthumously. His great contributions to science resulted from his many accurate experimen... Read more
Hans Jurgen Eysenck
Hans Jurgen Eysenck , 1916-97, British psychologist. Best known for his theory of human personality, Eysenck suggested that personality is biologically determined and is arranged in a hierarchy consisting of types, traits, habitual responses, and specific responses. A staunch critic of psychoanalysi... Read more
Auguste Laurent
Auguste Laurent , 1808-53, French organic chemist. He devised a systematic nomenclature for organic chemistry. His studies on naphthalene and its chlorination products led him to propose a nucleus theory that foreshadowed modern structural chemistry; he proposed that the structural grouping of atoms... Read more

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Barro, Robert J. Determinants of Economic Growth: a Cross-Country Empirical Study.(Review)
Magazine article from: American Journal of Agricultural Economics; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...chapter volume resulted from Barro's 1995/96 Lionel Robbins...of the two famous papers by Robert Solow. Growth theory evolved...endowments are no longer a determinant of whether a country is destined...are essential to growth. Barro cites evidence to suggest...
Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; By Robert J. Barro. Cambridge, MA: MIT...1997. 145p. $22.50. Robert W. Jackman, University...inspired in good measure by Robert Barro's empirical work. This...not Barro's purpose. Determinants of Economic Growth is instead...
Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study.(Review)
Magazine article from: Monthly Labor Review; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Empirical Study. By Robert J. Barro. Cambridge, MA...that at 7 percent. Robert J. Barro, economics professor...examines the primary determinants of growth; chapter...emerges as a noncritical determinant of growth. He suggests...
Understanding changes in aggregate business fixed investment: when economists talk about business fixed investment, they mean the expenditures by firms on equipment and structures. Business fixed investment is commonly held to be an important determinant of an economy's long-run growth. (1).(Column)
Magazine article from: Business Review (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia); 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...understand the business cycle, we must understand why aggregate investment changes over time. As Harvard economist Robert J. Barro has stated, "As a first approximation, explaining recessions amounts to explaining the sharp contractions in the...
2003 books reviewed.(Bibliography)
Magazine article from: American Journal of Agricultural Economics; 12/1/2003; 700+ words ; ...Economy (David Abler), 774 M.J. Wilson, and B. Maliszewska...of Environmental Policy (Darrell J. Bosch), 1092 Jackson, Dana...Millenium (Sergio H. Lence), 1095 Barro, Robert J. Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country...
Splines, Tigers, and Economic Growth.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Atlantic Economic Journal; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...section of about 100 countries strongly support Robert J. Barro's belief [Determinants of Economic Growth, 1998] that a higher (lower...a lower (higher) per capita growth rate. As Barro points out [p. 9], this effect corresponds...
EconomicsHell, Fire and Productivity
Newspaper article from: New Zealand Management; 4/2/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...others. Ah, but can we prove it? Robert J Barro, and Rachel M McCleary, from...that empirical research on the determinants of economic growth typically neglected...elements of truth," says professor Barro. The research also showed that...
Economic growth. (conference)
Magazine article from: NBER Reporter; 9/22/1989; 700+ words ; ...Cambridge on October 6-7. Robert J. Barro, NBER and Harvard University...Fischer, NBER, MIT, and World Bank Robert J. Barro, and Xavier Sala-I-Martin...of the economy that includes the determinants of long-term growth and find...
Economic growth. (Conferences)
Magazine article from: NBER Reporter; 12/22/1991; 700+ words ; ...and 26. Project Directors Robert J. Barro, Harvard University, and Paul...National Economies" Discussant: Robert J. Barro Casey B. Mulligan, University...endogenous growth and analyze the determinants of the long-run growth rate...
Health Care. (Bureau News).
Magazine article from: NBER Reporter; 12/22/2001; 700+ words ; ...University; and Richard J. Zeckhauser, NBER...Behavior" Jason R. Barro, NBER and Harvard University, and Robert Huckman, Harvard...authors model the determinants of the level of spending...multi-period play. Barro and Huckman explore...