Institutional Microeconomics of Development - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0262014068 ISBN 13: 9780262014069

Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2010

Riassunto

Leading scholars examine political, legal, social, and market institutions through a microeconomic lens.

The narrative of development economics is now infused with discussions of institutions. Economists debate whether institutionsor other factors altogether (geography, culture, or religion)are central to development. In this volume, leading scholars in development economics view institutions from a microeconomic perspective, offering both theoretical overviews and empirical analyses spanning three continents. After substantial introductory chapters by Pranab Bardhan and Marcel Fafchamps, two scholars who have published important work on this topic, each of the remaining chapters examines a particular set of institutions in a unique setting. These chapters treat the effects of Angola's violent conflict on that country's development; institutional accountability in Uganda; the effect of Indonesia's ethnic diversity on the distribution of public goods; the impact of trade liberalization on India's investment climate; extended family networks in Mexico; and a microeconomic perspective on land rights in Ethiopia. The chapters demonstrate the remarkable heterogeneity of institutionspolicy change is mediated through local market institutions, government institutions, and familiesas well as the empirical and methodological ingenuity of current research into this crucial topic.

Contributors
Manuela Angelucci, Oriana Bandiera, Pranab Bardhan, Timothy Besley, Martina Björkman, Robin Burgess, Giacomo De Giorgi, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Rajshri Jayaraman, Pramila Krishnan, Eliana La Ferrara, Gilat Levy, Marcos A. Rangel, Imram Rasul, Ritva Reinikka, Jakob Svensson

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Informazioni sull'autore

Timothy Besley is Kuwait Professor of Economics and Political Science and Director of STICERD (Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines) at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Principled Agents? The Political Economy of Good Government. Rajshri Jayaraman is Assistant Professor at the European School of Management and Technology, Berlin.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Mit Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0262014068
• ISBN 13: 9780262014069
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 250
• Redattore: Besley Timothy, Jayaraman Rajshri
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