This textbook examines corruption through a macroeconomic lens, exploring the relationship between corruption, fiscal policy, and political economy. It merges macroeconomic growth models with elements of political economic theory to address important applied topics such as income inequality...

The purpose of this volume, bringing together key actors of the well-being community, including scholars and policy-makers, is to advance the understanding and undertaking of the well-being transition away from growth and toward resilience and sustainability, at a time when this progress has...

"For over a century now, historians have debated the causes of the lagged industrialization of the Dutch economy during the nineteenth century. To this debate, Trials of Convergence brings the analytical perspective of prices, factor costs and the functioning of markets. Its critical insight is...

1. Introduction: Creative mental labour and skilled mental labor -- 2. The Missing Component in Long-term Growth Theory -- 3. Long-term economic growth -- 4. Productivity increase and economic growth -- 5. Productivity increase (growth) in the service sector -- 6. Firms that “only produce...

Indonesia's Islamic banking: Shari'ah implementation, genesis, and socio-political context -- Recent development of Indonesia's Islamic banking: the economic realities -- Theoretical background and review of related literature -- Comparative study of Islamic banking regulation frameworks in...