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Institutions, economic performance and the visible hand : theory and evidence
Chakravarti, Ashok - 2012
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851396
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The economic North-South divide : six decades of unequal development
Raffer, Kunibert - 2004 - Pbk. ed
South. Encouraged by recent successful opposition to neoliberalism, the authors finally propose ideas for a world where … Consensus' -- 5. Aid to development and the bipolar world -- 6. ODA after the Cold War : less money at tougher conditions -- 7 … -- 13. Textiles and apparel : double standards of adjustment and transition -- 14. Towards a more equal world order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852069
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Marx, Veblen, and contemporary institutional political economy : principles and unstable dynamics of capitalism
O'Hara, Phillip Anthony - 2000
to social structures of accumulation. Particular reference is given to the world economy, the family, the Keynesian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473904
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Institutions, globalisation and empowerment
Sideras, Jörn (contributor);  … - 2006
This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851432
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Institutions and development
Shirley, Mary M. - 2008
A landmark contribution to our understanding of economic development. This significant book argues that fundamental changes in deeply rooted institutions do not happen because of outsiders' money, advice, pressures, or even physical force; which explains why foreign aid has not, and can not,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852013
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International handbook of development economics
Dutt, Amitava Krishna (contributor); Ros, Jaime (contributor) - 2008
contributions by some of the leading scholars working in the field. Authors are drawn from around the world and write on a wide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851512
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Macroeconomic institutions and development
Neyapti, Bilin - 2010
The book incorporates the essential elements of institutional theory and highlights the issues pertaining to the measurement of institutional characteristics and the empirical analyses involving such measurement. It provides the theoretical framework of and empirical evidence on fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851380
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Recent developments in evolutionary economics
Witt, Ulrich (contributor) - 2008
Evolutionary economics is a vital, expanding field of research focusing on the incessant transformation of the economy and its driving forces. Exploring the most recent research trends in the field, this volume presents a high quality set of papers indispensable to scholars and researchers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852208
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Development economics and structuralist macroeconomics : essays in honor of Lance Taylor
Dutt, Amitava Krishna (contributor); Ros, Jaime (contributor) - 2003
Lance Taylor is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent development economists in the world and is known for his …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850847
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Growth and economic development : essays in honour of A.P. Thirlwall
Thirlwall, A. P.; McCombie, J. S. L.; Arestis, Philip; … - 2006
This valuable and engaging new book bears eloquent testimony to A.P. Thirlwall's substantial contribution to economics over the last 40 years. The volume does not attempt to provide a comprehensive review of such a prolific figure, but rather demonstrates the considerable influence that his work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850558