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_b.C43 2012
100 1 _aChakravarti, Ashok.
245 1 0 _aInstitutions, economic performance and the visible hand
_h[electronic resource] :
_btheory and evidence /
_cAshok Chakravarti.
260 _aCheltenham, U.K. :
_bEdward Elgar,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 245 p.) :
_bill., port.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. Introduction -- 2. The neoclassical model and its critique -- 3. The old and new institutional economics -- 4. Development strategies and performance : an overview -- 5. Institutions and governance : the new empirical evidence -- 6. Institutions in economic history -- 7. Discontinuous institutional change -- 8. Southern Sudan : a case study in discontinuous institutional change -- 9. Markets and institutions -- 10. Mechanisms of institutional transition.
520 _aThe book challenges the conventional wisdom on the determinants of economic performance and provides an alternative vision of the functioning of an economic system. The author provides a structured survey which critically evaluates the theory and evidence of neoclassical approaches to growth and development. He then skillfully integrates insights from the old and new institutional economics into an original and comprehensive vision of the relationship between institutions, growth and economic development.
650 0 _aEconomic development
_xSocial aspects.
651 0 _aDeveloping countries
_xEconomic conditions.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2lcsh
710 2 _aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776 1 _z9781781001370 (hardback)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781781001370.xml
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