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Institutions and Economic Performance by Daron Acemoglu; Philippe Aghion; Alberto Alesina; María Angélica Bautista; Timothy Besley; Daniel Diermeier; Mauricio Drelichman; James D Fearon; Pohan Fong; Avner Greif; Gene M Grossman; Elhanan Helpman; Masayuki Kudamatsu; Joel Mokyr; Abhinay Muthoo; Nathan Nunn; Torsten Persson; Pablo Querubín; James A Robinson; Kenneth A Shepsle; Guido Tabellini; Francesco Trebbi; Hans-Joachim Voth is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Institutions and Economic Performance about?

Institutions and Economic Performance explores the question of why income per capita varies so greatly across countries. Even taking into account disparities in resources, including physical and human capital, large economic discrepancies remain across countries. Why are some societies but not others able to encourage investments in places, people, and productivity? The answer, the book argues, lies to a large extent in institutional differences across societies. Such institutions are wide-ranging and include formal constitutional arrangements, the role of economic and political elites, informal institutions that promote investment and knowledge transfer, and others. Two core themes run through the contributors’ essays. First, what constraints do institutions place on the power of the executive to prevent it from extorting the investments and effort of other people and institutions? Second, when are productive institutions self-enforcing? Institutions and Economic Performance is unique in its melding of economics, political science, history, and sociology to address its central question.

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Daron Acemoglu; Philippe Aghion; Alberto Alesina; María Angélica Bautista; Timothy Besley; Daniel Diermeier; Mauricio Drelichman; James D Fearon; Pohan Fong; Avner Greif; Gene M Grossman; Elhanan Helpman; Masayuki Kudamatsu; Joel Mokyr; Abhinay Muthoo; Nathan Nunn; Torsten Persson; Pablo Querubín; James A Robinson; Kenneth A Shepsle; Guido Tabellini; Francesco Trebbi; Hans-Joachim Voth
Publisher
Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9780674038578
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Business, Economics, Management

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