Institutions and norms in economic development / edited by Mark Gradstein and Kai A. Konrad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gradstein, Mark.

Konrad, Kai Andreas.

Series:

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Experts address "the development puzzle"--Unprecedented growth coupled with unequal distribution of that growth across different countries-and focus on the importance of institutional arrangements and norms and culture.

Contents:

1 The Development Puzzle / Mark Gradstein, Kai A. Konrad 3

II Governance Structure

2 Precolonial Centralization and Institutional Quality in Africa / Nicola Gennaioli, Ilia Rainer 21

3 Can Delegation Promote Fiscal Discipline in a Federation? Evidence from Fiscal Performance in the Indian States / Stuti Khemani 47

4 The Political Economy of Education in Kenya / Michael Kremer 85

III Institutional Quality, Property Rights, and Appropriation

5 A Theory of Corruption, Political Exclusion, and Windfalls / Pedro C. Vicente 111

6 Explaining Conflict in Low-Income Countries: Incomplete Contracting in the Shadow of the Future / Michael McBride, Stergios Skaperdas 141

7 Information and Incomplete Investor Protection / Karl Warneryd 163

IV Norms and Culture

8 Islamic Resurgence and Social Violence during the Indonesian Financial Crisis / Daniel L. Chen 179

9 Social Identity and Redistributive Politics / Moses Shayo 201.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262274197

0262274191

9781429480628

1429480629

1282098985

9781282098985

OCLC:

170227201

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