1.

Record Nr.

UNICASRML0239497

Autore

ZEFF, Stephen A.

Titolo

Readings and Notes on Financial Accounting : Issues and Controversies / Stephen A. Zeff ; Bala G. Dharan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York [etc.], : McGraw-Hill, Inc., c1994

Edizione

[Fourth edition]

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 781 p. ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

DHARAN, Bala G.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910720073303321

Autore

Cheang Bryan

Titolo

Institutions and Economic Development : Markets, Ideas, and Bottom-Up Change / / by Bryan Cheang, Tom G. Palmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9789819908448

9789819908431

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 pages)

Collana

Classroom Companion: Economics, , 2662-2890

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Development economics

Evolutionary economics

Institutional economics

Comparative government

Development Economics

Institutional and Evolutionary Economics

Comparative Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Institutions Matter -- Formal Institutions -- Informal Institutions and Culture -- Institutions or Discretionary Leadership? -- Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Role of Non-profits.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a survey of the field of development studies from a political economy perspective. It first reviews the academic literature on development and highlights the fundamental importance of institutions and social values, over and above other alternative theories, as determinants in long-run development. In this context, the book draws from the works of Nobel Laureates Douglass North, F.A. Hayek and Elinor Ostrom, and argues that the ingredients of property rights, the rule of law, and market freedoms are essential in generating socio-economic progress. Successful reforms however are not simply a function of constructing formal institutions, but must cohere with the social values, norms, and cultural commitments of local communities. It is in this spirit that the book theorises on the oft-neglected role that political entrepreneurs play in driving endogenous institutional change. Specifically, this book integrates the theoretical discussion on market-drivendevelopment with a range of case studies from around the world, featuring the bottom-up efforts of local change agents to pursue institutional reforms and changes in social opinion. This marvellous handbook displays an impressive grasp of the vast literature on economic development, highlighting the crucial role of liberal ideas of freedom for economic success. The handbook masterfully summarizes debates on free markets, institutions, and culture as causes of development. This is the best textbook treatment of liberalism and development that I have ever seen. William Easterly, Professor of Economics at New York University (NYU) and Co-Director, NYU Development Research Institute.