Development and planning : essays in honour of Paul Rosenstein Rodan / / edited by Jagdish Bhagwati and Richard S. Eckaus

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465207403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-54855-0; 1-136-86197-1; 9786613861009; 0-203-83621-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions. Development ; ; vol. 74
• Altri autori (Persone): BhagwatiJagdish N. <1934->; EckausRichard S. <1926->; Rosenstein-RodanP. N
• Disciplina: 330.9; 338.9
• Soggetti: Economic development; Economic history; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1972 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING Essays in Honour of Paul Rosenstein Rodan; Copyright; DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING Essays in honour of Paul Rosenstein Rodan; Copyright; Preface; CONTENTS; I GROWTH OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; CHAPTER 1. Development Economics Before 1945; CHAPTER 2. The World Bank's Concept of Development - An In-House; II DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING; CHAPTER 3. Should Growth Rates be Evaluated at International Prices?; CHAPTER 4. Economic Growth with Unlimited Foreign Exchange and No Technical Progress; CHAPTER 5. Absorptive Capacity as a Constraint Due to Maturation Processes; CHAPTER 6. A Model of Growth of Capitalism in a Dual Agrarian EconomyCHAPTER 7. Short-Term Economic Policy; III INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 8. Income Distribution and Agricultural Development; CHAPTER 9. Trade-Off Curves and Regional Gaps; CHAPTER 10. Tendencies and Determinants ; of Income Distribution in Western Countries - A Note; CHAPTER 11. The Process of Industrialization of an Overpopulated Agricultural Area - The Italian Experience; IV DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE; CHAPTER 12. Restrictions on Direct Investment in Host Countries; CHAPTER 13. Adjustment Under the Bretton Woods Code with Special Reference to the Less Developed CountriesCHAPTER 14. International Capital Movements, Fixed Parities, and Monetary and Fiscal Policies; V COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CHAPTER 15. Further Reflections on the OECD Manual of Project Analysis in Developing Countries; VI LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY: INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES AND SHORT-RUN BEHAVIOUR; CHAPTER 16. Labour Productivity and Other Characteristics of Cement Plants - An International Comparison; CHAPTER 17. Some Evidence on the Short-Run Productivity Puzzle; VII VALUE THEORY; CHAPTER 18. A Quantum-Theory Model of Economics: Is the Co-ordinating Entrepreneur Just Worth His Profit?Bibliography; List of Authors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in 1972, this is a book of essays offered in honour of Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, the distinguished economist whose career started in mid-1920s Vienna and subsequently spanned Europe, Britain, the USA and many of the less developed countries of the world.The book includes reviews of past developments, chapters on development trade and value theory, an assessment of contemporary emerging economic patterns, development and trade policy, and investment policy. Further essays cover the intellectual history of development economics, general aspects of growth and economic policy in un