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Institutions, economic performance and the visible hand : theory and evidence / Ashok Chakravarti

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar, 2012Description: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 245 p) : ill., portISBN:
  • 9781781001417
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781781001370 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: Institutions, economic performance and the visible hand. Druck-Ausgabe Cheltenham [u.a.] : Edward Elgar, 2012. X, 245 S.DDC classification:
  • 306.3091724 23
RVK: RVK: QG 020LOC classification:
  • HD75
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781781001417Online resources: Summary: The book challenges the conventional wisdom on the determinants of economic performance and provides an alternative vision of the functioning of an economic system. The author provides a structured survey which critically evaluates the theory and evidence of neoclassical approaches to growth and development. He then skillfully integrates insights from the old and new institutional economics into an original and comprehensive vision of the relationship between institutions, growth and economic developmentSummary: 1. Introduction -- 2. The neoclassical model and its critique -- 3. The old and new institutional economics -- 4. Development strategies and performance : an overview -- 5. Institutions and governance : the new empirical evidence -- 6. Institutions in economic history -- 7. Discontinuous institutional change -- 8. Southern Sudan : a case study in discontinuous institutional change -- 9. Markets and institutions -- 10. Mechanisms of institutional transitionPPN: PPN: 1023440091Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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