Institutions and Economic Development (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1788118847 ISBN 13: 9781788118842

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

This essential research review carefully analyses some of the most influential papers focusing on the relationship between economic and political institutions and economic development. Economic institutions shape economic incentives, such the incentives to become educated, to save and invest, to innovate and to adopt new technologies. Although economic institutions are critical for determining whether a country is poor or prosperous, it is politics and political institutions that determine which economic institutions are present in a country. This review explores these critical relationships and the causes of economic growth, whilst bringing forth the legal, colonial and financial factors, which contribute to economic discrepancies across countries. The text will be a valuable tool for economic researchers and scholars interested in this important subject.

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Edited by Jakob de Haan, Professor of Political Economy, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788118847
• ISBN 13: 9781788118842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1576
• Editor: De Haan Jakob