Institutions and Comparative Economic Development [electronic resource] /
Aoki, Masahiko.editor.
Kuran, Timur.editor.
Roland, Gérard.editor.
This collection of essays from eminent scholars discusses different phases and measures of economic development, evaluating the success of national economic transitions and providing valuable policy lessons for developing economies.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This collection of essays from eminent scholars discusses different phases and measures of economic development, evaluating the success of national economic transitions and providing valuable policy lessons for developing economies.
List of tables -- List of figures -- Comparative analysis -- The five phases of economic development and institutional evolution in China, Japan and Korea / M. Aoki -- Social organizations, risk sharing institutions and economic development / A. Greif, M. Iyugun & D. Sasson -- Before and beyond divergence a new look at the economic history of China and Europe / J. Rosenthal & R. Wong -- Understanding the individualism-collectivism cleavage and its effects : lessons from cultural psychology / Y. Gorodnichenko & G. Roland -- Why development patterns differ : the Czech and Serbian cases compared / J. Svejnar & M. Uvalic -- Economic development -- Sharing the future : financial innovation and innovators in solving the political economic challenges of development / S. Jha -- The evolution of domestic trade flows when foreign trade is liberalized : evidence from the Chinese maritime customs services / W. Keller, B. Li & C. Shuie -- Physical, social and informational barriers to domestic migration / P. Choudhury & T. Khanna -- Developmental "paths" and "civilisations" in Africa and Asia : reflections on strategies for integrating cultural and material explanations of differential long-term economic performance / G. Austin -- Political institutions on development paths -- Political consequence of the Middle East's Islamic economic legacy / T. Kuran -- Separation of powers and the medieval roots of institutional divergence between -- Europe and the Islamic Middle East / E. Chaney -- Political institution and long run economic trajectory : some lessons from two millenia of Chinese civilization / D. Ma -- Part four: Challenges of food security under globalization -- Food security, commodity price volatility and the poor / J. von Braun & G. Tadesse -- Supply responses to food price changes in Asian countries / K. Imai, R. Gaiha, G. Thapa & A. Ali -- Structural transformation, small farmers and food security in Asia / C. Timmer -- Economic development and culture -- Making sense of institutional change in China : the cultural dimension of economic growth and modernization / C. Pillath.
Macroeconomics.
Economic policy.
Political economy.
Development economics.
International economics.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Economic Policy.
International Political Economy.
Development Economics.
International Economics.