Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance

Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance

Author: Douglass C. North

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-10-26

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780521397346

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An analytical framework for explaining the ways in which institutions and institutional change affect the performance of economies is developed in this analysis of economic structures.


The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions

The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions

Author: Jean-Marie Baland

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2020-01-21

Total Pages: 786

ISBN-13: 0691191212

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"The essential role institutions play in understanding economic development has long been recognised and has been closely studied across the social sciences but some of the most high profile work has been done by economists many of whom are included in this collection covering a wide range of topics including the relationship between institutions and growth, educational systems, the role of the media and the intersection between traditional systems of patronage and political institutions. Each chapter covers the frontier research in its area and points to new areas of research and is the product of extensive workshopping and editing. The editors have also written an excellent introduction which brings together the key themes of the handbook. The list of contributors is stellar (Steven Durlauf, Throsten Beck, Bob Allen,and includes a diverse mix of Western and non Western, male and female scholars)"


Institutions and Economic Development

Institutions and Economic Development

Author: Christopher Clague

Publisher:

Published: 1997-06-10

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13:

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The premise of this text is that economic development and post-communist transitions can be illuminated by economic analysis of institutions. The policies selected and their implementation by government agencies, property rights and participation in community organizations are all analyzed.


The Institutional Foundation of Economic Development

The Institutional Foundation of Economic Development

Author: Shiping Tang

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2022-09-06

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0691235589

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A systemic account of how institutions shape economic development Institutions matter for economic development. Yet despite this accepted wisdom, new institutional economics (NIE) has yet to provide a comprehensive look at what constitutes the institutional foundation of economic development (IFED). Bringing together findings from a range a fields, from development economics and development studies to political science and sociology, The Institutional Foundation of Economic Development explores the precise mechanisms through which institutions affect growth. Shiping Tang contends that institutions shape economic development through four “Big Things”: possibility, incentive, capability, and opportunity. From this perspective, IFED has six major dimensions: political hierarchy, property rights, social mobility, redistribution, innovation protection, and equal opportunity. Tang further argues that IFED is only one pillar within the New Development Triangle (NDT): sustained economic development also requires strong state capacity and sound socioeconomic policies. Arguing for an evolutionary approach tied to a country’s stage of development, The Institutional Foundation of Economic Development advances an understanding of institutions and economic development through a holistic, interdisciplinary lens.


Institutions and Development

Institutions and Development

Author: M. M. Shirley

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1848443994

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Both economic research and the history of foreign aid suggest that the largest barriers to development arise from a society's institutions - its norms and rules. This book explains how institutions drive economic development. It provides numerous examples to illustrate the complex, interlocking, and persistent nature of real world rules and norms.


Economic Development in the Americas Since 1500

Economic Development in the Americas Since 1500

Author: Stanley L. Engerman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1107009553

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Examines differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin America and mainland North America since the seventeenth century.


Institutional Change and Economic Development

Institutional Change and Economic Development

Author: Ha-Joon Chang

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2007-11-15

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0857286978

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‘Institutional Change and Economic Development’ discusses not just theoretical issues but a diverse range of real-life institutions – political, bureaucratic, fiscal, financial, corporate, legal, social and industrial – in the context of dozens of countries across time and space, spanning Britain, Switzerland and the USA in the past to Botswana, Brazil, and China today.


Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth

Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth

Author: Dora L. Costa

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2011-10

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0226116344

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The conditions for sustainable growth and development are among the most debated topics in economics, and the consensus is that institutions matter greatly in explaining why some economies are more successful than others over time. This book explores the relationship between economic conditions, growth, and inequality.


Institutional Efficiency and Its Determinants

Institutional Efficiency and Its Determinants

Author: Silvio Borner

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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This publication discusses the impact of institutions on economic development and the determinants that shape institutional quality, using a new institutional economics (NIE) model based on a multidisciplinary approach to understanding issues including growth, efficiency and income distribution. Using the experience of Argentina under the Menem government as a case study, a methodology is developed and applied to test theoretical hypotheses regarding the concept of institutional quality and how delineation between economic and political institutions work in practice. It also considers systems of democracy and autocracy, and the impact of traditional, legal and cultural frameworks on institutional efficiency.


Institutions, Social Norms and Economic Development

Institutions, Social Norms and Economic Development

Author: Jean-Philippe Platteau

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1136600450

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In order for economic specialization to develop, it is important that well-defined property rights are established and that suspicion and fear of fraud do not pervade transactions. Such conditions cannot be created ex abrubto, but must somehow evolve. What needs to develop is not only suitable practices and rules themselves, but also the public agencies and moral environment without which generalized trust is difficult to establish. The cultural endowment of societies as they have developed over their particular histories is bound to play a major role in this regard, and the matter of cultual endowment is one of the central themes of this book. On the other hand, division of labour does not only require well-enforced property rights and trust in economic dealings. It is also critically conditioned by the thickness of economic space, itself dependent on population density. This provides the second major theme of the volume: market development, including the development of private property rights is not possible, or will remain very incomplete, if populations are thinly spread over large areas of land. The book makes special reference to sub-Saharan Africa.