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024 7 _a10.4159/9780674038578
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780674038578
035 _a(DE-B1597)584967
035 _a(OCoLC)1294424339
040 _aDE-B1597
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072 7 _aBUS035000
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082 0 4 _a338.9
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
245 0 0 _aInstitutions and Economic Performance /
_ced. by Elhanan Helpman.
264 1 _aCambridge, MA :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c[2009]
264 4 _c2008
300 _a1 online resource (624 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tIntroduction --
_tI History --
_t1 The Impact of Administrative Power on Political and Economic Developments: Toward a Political Economy of Implementation --
_t2 The Institutional Origins of the Industrial Revolution --
_t3 Institutions and the Resource Curse in Early Modern Spain --
_t4 Slavery, Inequality, and Economic Development in the Americas: An Examination of the Engerman-Sokoloff Hypothesis --
_t5 Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia --
_tII Theory --
_t6 The Constitutional Choice of Bicameralism --
_t7 Economic Development, Insurgency, and Civil War --
_t8 Party Discipline and Pork-Barrel Politics --
_t9 Policy Persistence in Multiparty Parliamentary Democracies --
_tIII Contemporary Evidence --
_t10 Formalizing Informal Institutions --
_t11 Making Autocracy Work --
_t12 Democracy, Technology, and Growth --
_t13 The Growth Effect of Democracy: Is It Heterogenous and How Can It Be Estimated? --
_tList of Contributors --
_tAuthor Index --
_tSubject Index
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aInstitutions and Economic Performance explores the question of why income per capita varies so greatly across countries. Even taking into account disparities in resources, including physical and human capital, large economic discrepancies remain across countries. Why are some societies but not others able to encourage investments in places, people, and productivity? The answer, the book argues, lies to a large extent in institutional differences across societies. Such institutions are wide-ranging and include formal constitutional arrangements, the role of economic and political elites, informal institutions that promote investment and knowledge transfer, and others. Two core themes run through the contributors’ essays. First, what constraints do institutions place on the power of the executive to prevent it from extorting the investments and effort of other people and institutions? Second, when are productive institutions self-enforcing? Institutions and Economic Performance is unique in its melding of economics, political science, history, and sociology to address its central question.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)
650 0 _aEconomic development.
650 0 _aPolitical culture.
650 0 _aPublic administration.
650 0 _aRegional economic disparities.
650 0 _aSocial institutions.
650 0 _aSocial structure.
650 7 _aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General.
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700 1 _aAcemoglu, Daron
_eautore
700 1 _aAghion, Philippe
_eautore
700 1 _aAlesina, Alberto
_eautore
700 1 _aBautista, María Angélica
_eautore
700 1 _aBesley, Timothy
_eautore
700 1 _aDiermeier, Daniel
_eautore
700 1 _aDrelichman, Mauricio
_eautore
700 1 _aFearon, James D.
_eautore
700 1 _aFong, Pohan
_eautore
700 1 _aGreif, Avner
_eautore
700 1 _aGrossman, Gene M.
_eautore
700 1 _aHelpman, Elhanan
_eautore
_ecuratore
700 1 _aKudamatsu, Masayuki
_eautore
700 1 _aMokyr, Joel
_eautore
700 1 _aMuthoo, Abhinay
_eautore
700 1 _aNunn, Nathan
_eautore
700 1 _aPersson, Torsten
_eautore
700 1 _aQuerubín, Pablo
_eautore
700 1 _aRobinson, James A.
_eautore
700 1 _aShepsle, Kenneth A.
_eautore
700 1 _aTabellini, Guido
_eautore
700 1 _aTrebbi, Francesco
_eautore
700 1 _aVoth, Hans-Joachim
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.4159/9780674038578?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674038578
856 4 2 _3Cover
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