In Search of Prosperity: Analytic Naratives on Economic Growth - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0691092699 ISBN 13: 9780691092690

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 2003

Riassunto

The economics of growth has come a long way since it regained center stage for economists in the mid-1980s. Here for the first time is a series of country studies guided by that research. The thirteen essays, by leading economists, shed light on some of the most important growth puzzles of our time. How did China grow so rapidly despite the absence of full-fledged private property rights? What happened in India after the early 1980s to more than double its growth rate? How did Botswana and Mauritius avoid the problems that other countries in sub--Saharan Africa succumbed to? How did Indonesia manage to grow over three decades despite weak institutions and distorted microeconomic policies and why did it suffer such a collapse after 1997?

What emerges from this collective effort is a deeper understanding of the centrality of institutions. Economies that have performed well over the long term owe their success not to geography or trade, but to institutions that have generated market-oriented incentives, protected property rights, and enabled stability. However, these narratives warn against a cookie-cutter approach to institution building.

The contributors are Daron Acemoglu, Maite Careaga, Gregory Clark, J. Bradford DeLong, Georges de Menil, William Easterly, Ricardo Hausmann, Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann, Massimo Mastruzzi, Ian W. McLean, Lant Pritchett, Yingyi Qian, James A. Robinson, Devesh Roy, Arvind Subramanian, Alan M. Taylor, Jonathan Temple, Barry R. Weingast, Susan Wolcott, and Diego Zavaleta.

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Recensione:

"Any book written or edited by Dani Rodrik is likely to be interesting and thought-provoking, and often iconoclastic. This volume is no exception. . . . [I]t is a good volume of case studies, and may serve the added benefit of making US-based development economists attach more value to country studies of the determinants of growth." --Oliver Morrissey, Journal of International Development

L'autore:

Dani Rodrik is Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is the author of Has Globalization Gone too Far?

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• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0691092699
• ISBN 13: 9780691092690
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 481
• Redattore: Rodrik Dani