| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
CESifo seminar series
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CESifo seminar series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The development puzzle / Mark Gradstein and Kai A. Konrad -- Precolonial centralization and institutional quality in Africa / Nicola Gennaioli and Ilia Rainer -- Can delegation promote fiscal discipline in a federation? Evidence from fiscal performance in the Indian states / Stuti Khemani -- The political economy of education in Kenya / Michael Kremer -- A theory of corruption, political exclusion, and windfalls / Pedro C. Vicente -- Explaining conflict in low-income countries : incomplete contracting in the shadow of the future / Michael McBride and Stergios Skaperdas -- Information and incomplete investor protection / Karl Wärneryd -- Islamic resurgence and social violence during the Indonesian financial crisis / Daniel L. Chen -- Social identity and redistributive politics / Moses Shayo. |
| Summary |
Experts address "the development puzzle"--Unprecedented growth coupled with unequal distribution of that growth across different countries-and focus on the importance of institutional arrangements and norms and culture. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Economic development. |
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Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gradstein, Mark.
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Konrad, Kai Andreas.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Institutions and norms in economic development. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006 9780262072847 026207284X (DLC) 2006033790 (OCoLC)73993216 |
| ISBN |
9780262274197 (electronic book) |
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0262274191 (electronic book) |
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9781429480628 (electronic book) |
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1429480629 (electronic book) |
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1282098985 |
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9781282098985 |
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9780262072847 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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026207284X (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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