The Political Dimension of Economic Growth

By: Silvio Borner (Editor), Michael Kaser (Editor), Martin Paldam (Editor)

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Hardcover | 23 February 1998 | Edition Number 1

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The state and its institutions are crucial for economic development: for better and for worse. This insight informs this important, up-to-date and authoritative survey of new trends in growth economics and the widely divergent economic performance of developing countries - for example, between Latin America and South-east Asia - which seemed to be similarly placed just a generation ago. The decisive role of the political dimension in economic growth seems clear but there are many challenges to be met in getting an analytical handle on the precise determinants and in testing empirically for this. This is the challenge taken up by the international team of contributors.

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Non-Fiction Economics Development Economics & Emerging Economies Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Development Studies Political Economy Politics & Government Political Structure & Processes Industry & Industrial Studies International Economics Political Science & Theory

The International Economic Association	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. x
Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: Politics and Growth--What are the Crucial Issues?	p. xv
The State and Development
Institutions as Investments	p. 3
Some Lessons on the Efficiency of Democracy from a Study of Dictatorship	p. 20
The Economics of Autocracy and Majority Rule: The Invisible Hand and the Use of Force	p. 38
Causes of Change in Political-Economic Regimes	p. 74
Volatility, Uncertainty, Institutional Instability and Growth
Macroeconomic Volatility and Economic Development	p. 97
Political Variables in Growth Regressions	p. 117
Political Stability and Economic Stagnation	p. 136
Political Uncertainty, the Formation of New Activities and Growth	p. 154
Does Economic Growth Lead to Political Stability?	p. 171
Rent-Seeking and Corruption
Corruption and Rent-Seeking	p. 193
Corruption and Countervailing Action in Pakistan	p. 212
Case Studies: Policies, Countries and International Organizations
Disinflation and Overvaluation	p. 227
Government Policy, Saving and Growth in Latin America	p. 243
Growth and Political Violence in Northern Ireland, 1920-96	p. 266
Donor Conditionality and Policy Reform	p. 278
Institutional Analysis for Capacity Building	p. 294
Constitutional and Administrative Reform
Developing Democracy in Developing Countries	p. 315
Ethnic Rent-Seeking, Stability and Institutional Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 324
Healing Sick Institutions	p. 335
Comments	p. 363
Index of Names	p. 351
Subject Index	p. 373
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