Leadership and Growth: Featured Faculty Books: The Library: Stanford GSB

[photo - Hayagreeva Rao] David Brady's research focuses on the American Congress, the party system, and public policy.

He has studied the critical congressional realignments of 1860, 1896, and 1932, and has concluded that the rising number of safe seats and the waning importance of presidential coattails have made it much more difficult for a realigning election to take place in the United States. He also has written on Internet voting, the women's movement, regulation of the nuclear industry, apportionment, the Supreme Court handling of abortion, and Korean and Japanese politics. He presently heads a joint project between the Brookings Institution and the Hoover Institution on Polarization in American Politics. more ...

[photo - Hayagreeva Rao] A. Michael Spence’s research interests focus on the study of economic growth and development, dynamic competition and the economics of information. more ...

Faculty Books: Leadership and Growth

Leadership and Growth
by David W. Brady and Michael Spence
World Bank, 2010

This book has been prepared for the Commission on Growth and Development to evaluate the state of knowledge on the relationship between leadership and economic growth. It does not pretend to provide all the answers, but does review the evidence, identify insights and offers examples of leaders making decisions and acting in ways that enhance economic growth. It examines a variety of topics including leaders roles in: promoting national unity, building good solid institutions, choosing innovative and localized policies, and creating political consensus for long run policy implementation.

Written by prominent academics and actual policy makers, Leadership and Growth seeks to create a better understanding of the role of leadership in growth and to encourage further studies of the role of leadership in economic growth. more...