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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465842903321

Titolo

The theory and experience of economic development : essays in honor of Sir W. Arthur Lewis / / edited by Mark Gersovitz. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-54660-4

1-136-87816-5

9786613859051

0-203-83851-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Development ; ; Volume 34

Altri autori (Persone)

GersovitzMark

Disciplina

330.9

338.9

Soggetti

Economic development

Economics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1982 by Allen & Unwin.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; THE THEORY AND EXPERIENCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 On W. Arthur Lewis's Contributions to Economics; 2 W. Arthur Lewis: an Appreciation; Part One The Dual Economy; 3 Lewis and the Classicists; 4 The Pattern of Shift of Labor Force from Agriculture, 1950-70; 5 Food Price Inflation, Terms of Trade and Growth; 6 Alternative Theories of Wage Determination and Unemployment: the Efficiency Wage Model; 7 Agricultural Development, Education and Innovation; 8 Uncertainty, Information and the Inflation Tax in Poor Countries; Part Two The Open Economy

9 Unequal Exchange in a Lewis-Type World10 Protection and Growth in a Dual Economy; 11 Lessons of Experience under Fixed Exchange Rates; 12 Currency Baskets and Real Effective Exchange Rates; 13 Negotiating International Economic Order; Part Three Cost Benefit and Planning; 14 General Equilibrium Theory, Project Evaluation and Economic Development; 15 The Economics of Pollution Control; 16 Planning and Dual Values of Linearized Nonlinear Problems: A Gothic Tale; Part Four Economic History and History of Thought



17 Economic Growth and Stagnation in the United Kingdom before the First World War18 The Cyclical Pattern of Long-Term Lending; 19 Inter-Country Diffusion of Economic Growth, 1870-1914; 20 Latin America in Depression, 1929-39; 21 Indian Industrialization before 1945; 22 The Rise and Decline of Development Economics; Publications by W. Arthur Lewis; List of Authors and Their University Affiliations; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume, first published in 1982, is a collection of original essays written to honour Professor W. Arthur Lewis, 1979 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in economics. The authors, an international group of distinguished scholars, address a varied set of specific issues reflecting Professor Lewis' research interests, covering topics which include: technological change in agriculture, analyses of unemployment and income distribution, the role of government policy in the development process, the historical record of development, and the relationship between developed and developing nations.