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Record Nr.

UNISA996199856403316

Titolo

Issues in positive political economy / / edited by S. Mansoob Murshed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-51104-3

0-429-22909-7

1-138-86631-8

1-280-06884-1

0-203-16730-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy ; ; v.No.42

Altri autori (Persone)

MurshedSyed Mansoob

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Decision-making

Economics

Political science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Selected papers presented at the UK International Economics Study Group (IESG) Conference in Political Economy at the University of Warwick, 15-16 April 1999, along with a few related papers presented at various IESG seminars.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction; A proposal for a new dynamic federalism in Europe; On the economic causes of contemporary civil wars; Russia: the political economy of transition in a  mineral economy; Electoral uncertainty, economic policy and growth; The importance of being unimportant: the political  economy of trade and growth in small states; Some observations on small state choice of exchange  rate regime; Trade in fragmented products: concepts and evidence

Technological innovation: the prime cause of  international tradeNAFTA, environmental regulations and firm strategies; Green and producer lobbies: enemies or allies?; Income tax enforcement with a self-interested auditor; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Political economy - the original name for economics in its entirety - has in recent years witnessed a semantic broadening to include some of the preoccupations of classical economics. This intriguing collection



of contributed work is concerned mainly with developments in the neo-classical tradition and examines the role played by rational choice in the decision-making processes of firms and the State.With contributions from leading scholars including Tony Addison, Bruno Frey and Alan Rugman, this book is an important addition to the field of Political Economy and should become essential re