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New developmentalism : introducing a new economics and political economy
Bresser-Pereira, Luiz Carlos - 2024
"This timely book offers a concise summary of new developmentalism, exploring this in the context of both heterodox …. Luis Carlos Bresser-Pereira delves into the roots of new developmentalism from the quasi-stagnation of middle … its approach and coverage, Bresser-Pereira first introduces the method and the schools relevant to new developmentalism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512165
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Institutions, economic performance and the visible hand : theory and evidence
Chakravarti, Ashok - 2012
The book challenges the conventional wisdom on the determinants of economic performance and provides an alternative vision of the functioning of an economic system. The author provides a structured survey which critically evaluates the theory and evidence of neoclassical approaches to growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851396
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Understanding economic development : a global transition from poverty to prosperity?
White, Colin - 2009
This fascinating book considers one of the most important problems in economics: the inception of modern economic development. There is at present no satisfactory explanation of the inception of modern economic development; an excessive focus on either pure theory or on unique histories limits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851400
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Handbook of alternative theories of economic development
Reinert, Erik S. (contributor); Ghosh, Jayati (contributor);  … - 2016
1. Introduction / Erik S. Reinert, Rainer Kattel and Jayati Ghosh -- Part I development thinking across history and geography -- 2. Giovanni Botero (1588) and Antonio Serra (1613): Italy and the birth of development economics / Erik S. Reinert -- 3. Economic emulation and the politics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419899
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Dynamics of uneven development
Mainwaring, Lynn - 1991
This important new book critically examines the argument that structural asymmetries between the rich, industrialised countries of the global 'north' or 'centre' and the poor, largely primary-producing countries of the 'south' or 'periphery' could be responsible for an unequal division of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473928
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Growth and economic development : essays in honour of A.P. Thirlwall
Thirlwall, Anthony P.; McCombie, John S. L.; Arestis, Philip - 2006
This valuable and engaging new book bears eloquent testimony to A.P. Thirlwall's substantial contribution to economics over the last 40 years. The volume does not attempt to provide a comprehensive review of such a prolific figure, but rather demonstrates the considerable influence that his work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850558
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Development economics and structuralist macroeconomics : essays in honor of Lance Taylor
Dutt, Amitava Krishna (contributor); Ros, Jaime (contributor) - 2003
Lance Taylor is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent development economists in the world and is known for his work on development planning, macroeconomics of development, stabilization policy, and the global economy. He has also been the major force behind structuralist economics,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850847
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Macroeconomic institutions and development
Neyaptı, Bilin - 2010
The book incorporates the essential elements of institutional theory and highlights the issues pertaining to the measurement of institutional characteristics and the empirical analyses involving such measurement. It provides the theoretical framework of and empirical evidence on fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851380
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International handbook of development economics
Dutt, Amitava Krishna (contributor); Ros, Jaime (contributor) - 2008
This two-volume original reference work provides a comprehensive overview of development economics and comprises contributions by some of the leading scholars working in the field. Authors are drawn from around the world and write on a wide range of topics
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851512
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Growth theory, nonlinear dynamics and economic modelling : scientific essays of William Allen Brock
Brock, William A. - 2001
of the type of policy problem that he finds challenging and the complex methodology that he uses to solve them. Also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473837