1st Edition
Institutions, Transition Economies, And Economic Development
By Tim Yeager
Copyright 1999
182 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why are some nations wealthy while others are desperately poor? Despite the rapid advancement of technology and the free flow of information provided by computers, many poor nations are falling further behind the wealthy nations of the world. Why is it that these poorer nations cannot catch up? Until recently, economic theory provided limited help in answering these questions. But the New... Read more
Preface -- Introduction -- Dependency Theory and Neoclassical Growth Theory -- The Coase Theorem: The Link to Institutions -- Institutions and Economic Growth: The Static Case -- Institutions and Economic Growth: The Dynamic Case -- The Polity as Creator of Institutions -- Transition from Socialism to Capitalism -- Poland and Russia in Transition -- Institutions and Economic Development -- Mexico and South Korea in Development -- China in Transition and Development -- Conclusion
Biography
Tim Yeager
