Rents, rent-seeking and economic development theory and evidence in Asia

The concepts of rents and rent-seeking are central to any discussion of the processes of economic development. Yet conventional models of rent-seeking are unable to explain how it can drive decades of rapid growth in some countries, and at other times be associated with spectacular economic crises....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Khan, Mushtaq Husain, 1961- (-), Jomo K. S. (Jomo Kwame Sundaram)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2000.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39788283*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Mushtaq H. Khan and Jomo K.S.
  • Rents, efficiency and growth / Mushtaq H. Khan
  • Rent-seeking as process / Mushtaq H. Khan
  • Rent-seeking and economic development in Thailand / Richard F. Doner and Ansil Ramsay
  • Thailand's old bureaucratic polity and its new semi-democracy / Michael T. Rock
  • Obstructive corruption : the politics of privilege in the Philippines / Paul D. Huchcroft
  • Funny money : fiscal policy, rent-seeking and economic performance in Indonesia / Andrew MacIntyre
  • The Malaysian development dilemma / Jomo K.S. and E.T. Gomez
  • Financial sector rents in Malaysia / Chin Kok Fay and Jomo K.S.