Institutions and small settler economies : a comparative study of New Zealand and Uruguay, 1870-2008 / Andre Schlueter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schlueter, Andre, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

States, Small--Economic conditions.

New Zealand--Economic conditions.

New Zealand.

Economic conditions.

New Zealand--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Uruguay--Economic conditions.

Uruguay.

Uruguay--Social conditions.

States, Small--Economic conditions--Case studies.

States, Small.

Economic history.

Social history.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 290 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Are institutions the main cause of sustained economic growth? Institutions and Small Settler Economies provides a comprehensive improvement in our understanding of institutional contributions to economic growth based on North, Wallis, and Weingast's (MWW) institutional theory. In this exciting new volume, Schlueter offers a substantial range of novel insights into the socio-economic development trajectories of two deliberately selected New World economies: New Zealand and Uruguay. This study sets itself apart from other publications through its impartial analysis of the strengths and limitations of leading institutional scholarship, as well as its rigorous comparative methodology involving a substantial set of quantitative and qualitative data. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Unbundling the theory of social orders

The golden age of the two settler economies

The great divergence between New Zealand and Uruguay

Decades of stop and go

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137448286

1137448288

OCLC:

879538904