This book investigates the EU's regional growth dynamics and, in particular, the reasons why peripheral and socio-economically disadvantaged areas have persistently failed to catch up with the rest of the Union. It shows that the capability of the knowledge-based growth model to…
The property relation -- Property and paradigms -- The state -- The public/private divide -- Money -- Beyond property -- Historicizing the property relation
"The creation of economic institutions that can function well under substantial uncertainties -- Black Swans -- is analogous to the dilemmas confronting our hunter-gatherer forefathers in the face of large-scale ecological unpredictability. The ultimate solution was not the deve…
by Homann, Karl, Suchanek, Andreas
fromNeue ökonomische Grundrisse
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by Homann, Karl, Suchanek, Andreas
fromNeue ökonomische Grundrisse
Aus Rezensionen: "Das Buch kann allen an Ökonomik interessierten Lesern wärmstens zur Lektüre empfohlen werden: Studierenden der Ökonomie im Grundstudium als ein Hintergrundwissen vermittelndes komplementäres Lehrbuch, allen sonstigen ökonomisch interessierten Lesern als umfasse…
by Homann, Karl, Suchanek, Andreas
fromNeue ökonomische Grundrisse
Aus Rezensionen: »Das Buch kann allen an Ökonomik interessierten Lesern wärmstens zur Lektüre empfohlen werden: Studierenden der Ökonomie im Grundstudium als ein Hintergrundwissen vermittelndes komplementäres Lehrbuch, allen sonstigen ökonomisch interessierten Lesern als umfasse…
Mapping coevolution -- Directed improvisation -- Balancing variety and uniformity -- Franchising the bureaucracy -- From building to preserving markets -- Connecting first-movers and laggards -- Conclusion : how development actually happened beyond China
"Peter Ho argues that understanding China's economy necessitates an analytical refocusing from Form to Function, detached from normative assumptions about institutional appearance and developing instead a "Credibility Thesis". In this reading, once institutions endogenously emer…
Capitalism is driven by technological revolutions, leading to alternating periods of regulation and deregulation in leading economies. Technologically backward countries face a different situation as they have to catch up with the leaders. Against this backdrop, Theo van de Klun…
List of Figures -- List of tables -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Understanding donor pursuit of foreign aid effectiveness -- How national structures shape foreign aid delivery: a theory -- Examining the causal mechanism across donors: the United States, the United Kingdom, S…
Achieving economic growth is one of today's key challenges. In this groundbreaking book, Michael Best argues that to understand how successful growth happens we need an economic framework that focuses on production, governance, and skills. This production-centric framework is th…
Why is it that some countries become rich while others remain poor? Do markets require regulation to function efficiently? If markets offer an efficient way of exchanging goods, why do individuals even create firms? How are economic transactions organized in the absence of a sta…
