  We analyze the link between standardization and economic growth by
systematically reviewing leading economics journals, leading economic growth
researchers' articles, and economic growth-related books. We make the following
observations: 1) No article has analyzed the link between standardization and
economic growth in top5 economics journals between 1996 and 2018. 2) A
representative sample of the leading researchers of economic growth has
allocated little attention to the link between standardization and economic
growth. 3) Typically, economic growth textbooks do not contain "standards" or
"standardization" in their word indexes. These findings suggest that the
economic growth theory has neglected the role of standardization.
