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Institutions and Comparative Economic Development

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Editors:
  1. Masahiko Aoki

    1. Stanford University, USA

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  2. Timur Kuran

    1. Duke University, USA

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  3. Gérard Roland

    1. University of California, Berkeley, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Masahiko Aoki, Timur Kuran, Gérard Roland
      Pages 1-9

  3. Historical and Comparative Institutional Analysis of Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Five Phases of Economic Development and Institutional Evolution in China, Japan, and Korea

      • Masahiko Aoki
      Pages 13-47

    3. Social Organizations, Risk-sharing Institutions, and Economic Development

      • Avner Greif, Murat Iyigun, Diego Sasson
      Pages 48-63

    4. Before and Beyond Divergence: A New Look at the Economic History of China and Europe

      • Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, R. Bin Wong
      Pages 64-77

    5. Political Institutions and Long-run Economic Trajectory: Some Lessons from Two Millennia of Chinese Civilization

      • Debin Ma
      Pages 78-98

    6. Political Consequences of the Middle East’s Islamic Economic Legacy

      • Timur Kuran
      Pages 99-115

    7. Separation of Powers and the Medieval Roots of Institutional Divergence between Europe and the Islamic Middle East

      • Eric Chaney
      Pages 116-127

  4. Driving Forces of Economic Development: Finance, Trade, Migration, and Structural Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Sharing the Future: Financial Innovation and Innovators in Solving the Political Economy Challenges of Development

      • Saumitra Jha
      Pages 131-151

    3. The Evolution of Domestic Trade Flows When Foreign Trade Is Liberalized: Evidence from the Chinese Maritime Customs Service

      • Wolfgang Keller, Ben Li, Carol H. Shiue
      Pages 152-172

    4. Physical, Social, and Informational Barriers to Domestic Migration in India

      • Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna
      Pages 173-183

    5. Why Development Patterns Differ: The Czech and Serbian Cases Compared

      • Jan Svejnar, Milica Uvalic
      Pages 184-210

  6. Food Security in Developing Countries under the Globalized Economy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. Structural Transformation, Small Farmers, and Food Security in Asia

      • C. Peter Timmer
      Pages 281-297
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This collection of essays from eminent scholars discusses different phases and measures of economic development, evaluating the success of national economic transitions and providing valuable policy lessons for developing economies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stanford University, USA

    Masahiko Aoki

  • Duke University, USA

    Timur Kuran

  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Gérard Roland

About the editors

MASAHIKO AOKI, Stanford University, USA

TIMUR KURAN, Duke University, USA
 
GÉRARD ROLAND, University of California at Berkeley, USA

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