Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: David C. Maré Author-X-Name-First: David Author-X-Name-Last: Maré Author-Email: dave.mare@motu.org.nz Author-Workplace-Name: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Title: What do Endogenous Growth Models Contribute? Abstract: Endogenous growth theory is one of the mainstream economics approaches to modelling economic growth. This paper provides a non-technical overview of some key strands of the endogenous growth theory (EGT) literature, providing references to key articles and texts. The intended audience is policy analysts who want to understand the intuition behind EGT models. The paper should be accessible to someone without much economics training. Length: 30 pages Creation-Date: 2004-07 File-URL: https://motu-www.motu.org.nz/wpapers/04_04.pdf Number: 04_04 Classification-JEL: O31; O40 Keywords: Endogenous Growth, Innovation Handle: RePEc:mtu:wpaper:04_04