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John S.L. McCombie is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily within the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their work spans subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Political Science and International Relations, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics addressed in McCombie's research include economic growth and productivity, economic theory and policy, economic theories and models, economic and technological innovation, fiscal policy and economic growth, firm innovation and growth, and global trade and economics.

McCombie has published extensively in several prominent venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Post Keynesian Economics
  • Metroeconomica
  • Review of Keynesian Economics
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by McCombie are:

  • "The illusions of calculating total factor productivity and testing growth models: from Cobb-Douglas to Solow and Romer" (2020), Journal of Post Keynesian Economics
  • "Structural change and cumulative causation: A Kaldorian approach" (2020), Metroeconomica
  • "Why are Some Countries Richer than Others? A Reassessment of Mankiw-Romer-Weil's Test of the Neoclassical Growth Model" (2024), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Why the conventional test of Thirlwall's law is still not a 'near-tautology': a rejoinder to Professor Blecker" (2023), Review of Keynesian Economics
  • "Production Function Estimation: Biased Coefficients and Endogenous Regressors, or a Case of Collective Amnesia?" (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal

McCombie has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Jesús Felipe
  • Aashish Mehta
  • Donna Faye Bajaro
  • Gemma Estrada
  • Guilherme Magacho

Best Publications

  • The Balance-of-Payments Constraint as an Explanation of International Growth Rate Differences

    Anthony P. Thirlwall

  • Economic growth and the balance-of-payments constraint

    John S. L. McCombie;A.P. Thirlwall

  • Economic Growth and the Balance-of-Payments Constraint

    J. S. L. McCombie;Anthony Thirlwall

  • Increasing returns and economic growth: some evidence for manufacturing from the European Union regions

    B. Fingleton;J.S.L McCombie

  • Economic Growth and the Balance-of-Payments Constraint

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  • Productivity growth and economic performance : essays on Verdoorn's law

    J. S. L. McCombie;Maurizio Pugno;Bruno Soro

  • A New View of Economic Growth.

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  • Essays on Balance of Payments Constrained Growth : Theory and Evidence

    J. S. L. McCombie;A. P. Thirlwall

  • On the Empirics of Balance-Of-Payments–Constrained Growth

    John S.L. McCombie

  • The Role of the Balance of Payments in Economic Growth

    John McCombie;Mark Roberts

  • “THE VERDOORN LAW CONTROVERSY”: SOME NEW EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE USING U.S. STATE DATA

    J. S. L. McCOMBIE;J. R. de Ridder

  • Productivity Growth and Economic Performance

    John McCombie;Maurizio Pugno;Bruno Soro

  • Kaldor’s Laws in Retrospect

    John S. L. McCombie

  • ‘Thirlwall’s Law' and balance of payments constrained growth – a comment on the debate

    J. S. L. Mccombie

  • The Tyranny of the Identity: Growth Accounting Revisited

    Jesus Felipe;John McCombie

  • New Estimates of Returns to Scale and Spatial Spillovers for EU Regional Manufacturing, 1986—2002:

    Alvaro Angeriz;John McCombie;Mark Roberts

  • The Multi-Sectoral Thirlwall's Law: evidence from 14 developed European countries using product-level data

    João P Romero;John Stuart McCombie

  • RETURNS TO SCALE AND REGIONAL GROWTH: THE STATIC‐DYNAMIC VERDOORN LAW PARADOX REVISITED*

    John S. L. McCombie;Mark Roberts

  • The Dynamic Harrod Foreign Trade Multiplier and the Demand-orientated Approach to Economic Growth: an Evaluation

    J. S. L. McCombie;A. P. Thirlwall

  • HOW SOUND ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE AGGREGATE PRODUCTION FUNCTION

    Jesus Felipe;J. S. L. McCombie

  • Increasing Returns, Productivity, and Output Growth: The Case of the United States

    John S. L. McCombie;John R. de Ridder

  • The Aggregate Production Function and the Measurement of Technical Change: 'Not Even Wrong'

    Jesus Felipe;J. S. L. McCombie

  • Phases of Capitalist Development.

    John S. L. McCombie;Angus Maddison

  • Essays on Balance of Payments Constrained Growth

    A.P. Thirlwall;John S.L. McCombie

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Arestis
Philip Arestis University of Cambridge
Anthony Thirlwall
Anthony Thirlwall University of Kent
Roger W. Vickerman
Roger W. Vickerman University of Kent
Malcolm Sawyer
Malcolm Sawyer University of Leeds
Bernard Fingleton
Bernard Fingleton University of Cambridge
Angus Maddison
Angus Maddison University of Groningen
Peter Tyler
Peter Tyler University of Cambridge
Ron Martin
Ron Martin University of Cambridge
Philip McCann
Philip McCann University of Manchester

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