Development and planning : essays in honour of Paul Rosenstein Rodan / edited by Jagdish Bhagwati and Richard S. Eckaus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhagwati, Jagdish N., 1934-

Eckaus, Richard S., 1926-

Rosenstein-Rodan, P. N.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Development ; v. 74.

Routledge library editions. Development ; vol. 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1972, this is a book of essays offered in honour of Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, the distinguished economist whose career started in mid-1920s Vienna and subsequently spanned Europe, Britain, the USA and many of the less developed countries of the world.The book includes reviews of past developments, chapters on development trade and value theory, an assessment of contemporary emerging economic patterns, development and trade policy, and investment policy. Further essays cover the intellectual history of development economics, general aspects of growth and economic policy in un

Contents:

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING Essays in Honour of Paul Rosenstein Rodan; Copyright; DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING Essays in honour of Paul Rosenstein Rodan; Copyright; Preface; CONTENTS; I GROWTH OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; CHAPTER 1. Development Economics Before 1945; CHAPTER 2. The World Bank's Concept of Development - An In-House; II DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING; CHAPTER 3. Should Growth Rates be Evaluated at International Prices?; CHAPTER 4. Economic Growth with Unlimited Foreign Exchange and No Technical Progress; CHAPTER 5. Absorptive Capacity as a Constraint Due to Maturation Processes

CHAPTER 6. A Model of Growth of Capitalism in a Dual Agrarian EconomyCHAPTER 7. Short-Term Economic Policy; III INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 8. Income Distribution and Agricultural Development; CHAPTER 9. Trade-Off Curves and Regional Gaps; CHAPTER 10. Tendencies and Determinants of Income Distribution in Western Countries - A Note; CHAPTER 11. The Process of Industrialization of an Overpopulated Agricultural Area - The Italian Experience; IV DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE; CHAPTER 12. Restrictions on Direct Investment in Host Countries

CHAPTER 13. Adjustment Under the Bretton Woods Code with Special Reference to the Less Developed CountriesCHAPTER 14. International Capital Movements, Fixed Parities, and Monetary and Fiscal Policies; V COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 15. Further Reflections on the OECD Manual of Project Analysis in Developing Countries; VI LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY: INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES AND SHORT-RUN BEHAVIOUR; CHAPTER 16. Labour Productivity and Other Characteristics of Cement Plants - An International Comparison; CHAPTER 17. Some Evidence on the Short-Run Productivity Puzzle; VII VALUE THEORY

CHAPTER 18. A Quantum-Theory Model of Economics: Is the Co-ordinating Entrepreneur Just Worth His Profit?Bibliography; List of Authors; Index

Notes:

First published in 1972 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-86196-3

1-283-54855-0

1-136-86197-1

9786613861009

0-203-83621-9

9780203836217

OCLC:

809765438