Economic analysis of institutions : a practical guide / V. Santhakumar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santhakumar, V., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Institutional economics.

Institutional economics--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Economic Analysis of Institutions provides a case studies-based tool kit to help readers analyze institutional changes, reforms and efforts to improve governance in the nation. The author applies the concepts of new institutional economics to a number of real-world problems and public policy issues relevant for developing economies. Divided into two parts, the book provides a succinct summary of the relevant theoretical insights of new institutional economics in the first, and application of these insights to eight specific issues in the second. These issues cover a wide range of areas includi

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Boxes; Preface; 1 - Introduction; Part 1: Theory; 2 - Why Institutional Economics?; Part 2: Applying Institutional Economics; 3 - What is 'Wrong' with Self-financing Colleges?; 4 - Should City Governments Administer Public Water Supply?; 5 - How Best to Manage Forests and Wildlife? Will It Be Harmful for Indian Tigers if the Chinese Eat Their Tigers?; 6 - What Institutions Would Best Support Agricultural Research?; 7 - Institutions to Regulate Emigration and Immigration; 8 - Why Do Regulators Fail in Electricity Sector in Many Developing Countries?

9 - How to Address Conflicts in Fisheries in the Developing World?10 - Do Citizens' Actions Compensate for the Weak Enforcement of Laws by the State?; Postscript; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

81-321-1943-6

1-283-42230-1

9786613422309

81-321-0913-9

OCLC:

775361402