Institutions and market economies : the political economy of growth and development / edited by W.R. Garside.
"Average standards of living in the richest countries in the world are more than a hundred times greater than those in the poorest countries. Recent literarure has started to look for the more fundamental determinants of capital accumulation and innovation, hence long-term growth and developmen...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Average standards of living in the richest countries in the world are more than a hundred times greater than those in the poorest countries. Recent literarure has started to look for the more fundamental determinants of capital accumulation and innovation, hence long-term growth and development, to help explain this phenomenon. This volume is a timely reminder of the relationship between institutions, institutional change and economic development. Enriching contemporary debates with a mixture of empirical, historical and methodologcal approaches, this book explores the significance of instituions."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 346 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1403987580 9781403987587 |