Puzzles of economic growth / / Leszek Balcerowicz and Andrzej Rzonca, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : World Bank Group, , [2015]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 331 pages) : illustrations ; ; 26 cm
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Case studies.; History
• Persona (resp. second.): BalcerowiczLeszek; RzońcaAndrzej
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 The Significance of Economic Growth""; ""Long-Term Growth""; ""Shocks and Periods of Relatively Stable Growth""; ""A Brief History of Economic Research""; ""Research Methods Applied in This Volume""; ""Conceptual and Analytical Framework""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 2 Institutional Systems and Economic Growth""; ""Innovation-Based Growth and Special Growth Mechanisms""; ""Determinants of Individual Choice""; ""Institutional Systems and Individual Decisions"" ; ""Information Barriers to Innovation-Based Economic Growth""""Institutional Barriers""; ""Cases of Accelerated Economic Growth""; ""Successful Reform Packages""; ""Summary""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 3 How Did Australia Get Ahead of New Zealand?""; ""Differences in Economic Performance: Factors and Causes""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 4 How Did Austria (Nearly) Catch Up with Switzerland?""; ""Differences in Economic Performance: Factors and Causes""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Websites"" ; ""Chapter 5 Why Did the Economic Growth Paths of Estonia and Slovenia Diverge?""""Differences in Economic Performance: Factors and Causes""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Websites""; ""Chapter 6 Why Is Mexico Poorer Than Spain?""; ""Differences in Economic Performance: Factors and Causes""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 7 Why Has Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela's Economy Stagnated and Chile's Flourished?""; ""Differences in Economic Performance: Factors and Causes""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Notes"" ; ""Bibliography""""Chapter 8 Why Is Costa Rica Lagging Behind Puerto Rico?""; ""Differences in Economic Performance: Factors and Causes""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 9 Why Is Haiti Poorer Than the Dominican Republic?""; ""The Pace of Economic Growth""; ""Differences in Economic Performance: Factors and Causes""; ""Political Stability, Internal Security, and Property Rights""; ""Openness""; ""Inflow of Foreign Funds""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 10 How Has China Outpaced India?"" ; ""Differences in Economic Performance: Factors and Causes""""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 11 Why Has Pakistan Developed More Slowly Than Indonesia?""; ""Differences in Economic Performance: Factors and Causes""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 12 Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Boxes""; ""Box 6.1 Speculative Attacks on the Peso in 1993-94 Preceding Devaluation: Political Context""; ""Box 9.1 The Contribution of Investment to GDP in Haiti""; ""Box 9.2 Remittances from Abroad and Investment""; ""Figures"" ; ""Figure 1.1a Determinants of Short-Term Growth""
• Sommario/riassunto: Looking at the economic growth of seemingly similar countries one can find striking differences. Why has Australia gotten so much ahead of New Zealand, in spite of the latter being held up as a paragon of free market reform? How is it possible that Austria, with its persistently oversized state enterprise sector, has managed to (nearly) catch up with Switzerland? How can we account for the differences in economic growth between Estonia and Slovenia, and which of these two countries has been more successful at systemic transformation? Why is Mexico so much poorer than Spain, despite having been
• Titolo autorizzato: Puzzles of economic growth
• ISBN: 1-4648-0326-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822908703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). . -Public sector governance.; World Bank e-Library.