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xxiv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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IEA Conference volume ; no. 145 |
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IEA conference volume (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)) ; no. 145.
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"In association with the International Economic Association." |
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Papers from the Fourteenth World Congress of the International Economic Association held in Marrakech from August 29 to September 2, 2005. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: great changes in the World and in Economics: coruption, development, and instututioanl design / Janos Kornai, Laszlo Matyas, and Gerard Roland --- Part 1. Political environment. 1. Electoral Rules and Constitutional Structures as Constraints on Corruption / J.Kunicova and S.Rose-Ackerman -- 2. State Capture from Yeltsin to Putin / E.Zhuravskaya and E.Iakovlev -- 3. Democracy for Better Governance and Higher Economic Growth in the Middle East and North Africa Region? / M.K.Nabli and Carlos Silva-Jauregui --- Part 2. Supply of productive factors. 4. Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers / K.Sabirianova, J.Svejnar and K.Terrell -- 5. A Portrait of the Chinese Entrepreneur /Simeon Djankov, Yingyi Qian, Gerard Roland and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya -- 6. A Gain with a Drain? Evidence from Rural Mexico on the New Economics of the Brain Drain / S.Boucher, O.Stark and J.E.Taylor -- 7. The Brain Drain, Educated Unemployment, Human Capital Formation and Economic Betterment / Oded Stark and C. Simon Fan -- 8. An Optimal Selective Migration Policy in the absence of symmetric information, and in the presence of skill formation incentives / A.Casarico, O.Stark and S.Uebelmesser -- 9. International Migration, Human Capital Formation and the Setting of Migration Control Policies: Mapping the Gains / A.Casarico, C.Devillanova, O.Stark and S.Uebelmesser --- Part 3. Public utility reform. 10. Redesigning Public Utilities: The Key Role of Micro-Institutions / C.Ménard -- 11. Does Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance? / L.Andres, J.L.Guasch and S.Straub -- 12. Institutional Design and Energy Reform in the UK /R.Green. |
| Summary |
"With the end of the Cold War at the end of the twentieth century, the post-socialist transition in Central and Eastern Europe, China and Vietnam, the impressive growth of India, and the rapid spread of globalization, today's world is vastly different from that of two or three decades ago. Many of these changes are closely related to the concerns of economics and, in particular, institutional economics, which has been brought to the forefront due to the analysis of institutions in transition economies, and the realisation of how large a part they play in a successful market economy. With the aim of providing a comprehensive analysis of institutions, and of the global economy more generally, this volume explores systems of institutions, the interactions between institutions, and the effect that corruption can have on them. There is also an examination of the impact of immigration, a look at developments in behavioural economics, and an exploration of the links between democratic progress and economic growth. This volume brings together a wide range of scholars from around the world and provides a comprehensive overview of recent trends in economics, as well as explaining how economics plays a crucial part in understanding and analysing important changes taking place internationally." -- Book cover. |
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Skinner Endowment. |
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Economics -- Congresses.
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Political corruption -- Congresses.
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Economic policy -- Congresses.
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| Alt Author |
Kornai, János.
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Mátyás, László.
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Roland, Gérard, 1954-
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International Economic Association.
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| ISBN |
9780230546998 |
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0230546994 |
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