Imperfect institutions : possibilities and limits of reform

Imperfect institutions : possibilities and limits of reform / Thrainn Eggertsson.

Author/creator	Þráinn Eggertsson, 1941-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2005.
Description	vi, 264 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Institutional economics. Right of property.

Series	Economics, cognition, and society Economics, cognition, and society. ^A316509
Contents	Imperfect institutions : theory -- Imperfect institutions and growth theory in modern economics -- Barriers to growth : institutions and social technologies -- Competing social models -- Stable poverty and unstable growth -- The political logic of bad economics -- Inefficient social norms -- Empirical interlude : poverty trap--a case study -- Why Iceland starved -- Institutional policy -- Applying social technologies : lessons from the old theory of economic policy -- Degrees of freedom in institutional reform -- Eluding poverty traps, escaping history -- Minimal property rights and legal transplants.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-253) and index.
LCCN	2004017530
ISBN	0472114565 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0472030396 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HB99.5 .T485 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold