Institutions and Norms in Economic Development

by Mark Gradstein

Book Overview

Experts address "the development puzzle"--unprecedented growth coupled with unequal distribution of that growth across different countries--and focus on the importance of institutional arrangements and norms and culture.

Recent decades have seen almost unprecedented economic growth in income per capita around the world. Yet this extraordinary overall performance masks a wide variation in growth rates across different countries, with persistent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262526379
• ISBN13: 9780262526371
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher