Title:
Institutions, human development and economic growth in transition economies
Author:
Tridico, Pasquale, 1975-
ISBN:
9780230240681
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Publication Information:
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Physical Description:
xvii, 300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series:
Studies in economic transition
Studies in economic transition.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Appendix A The Countries -- pt. I Transformation, Decline and Unstable Growth -- 1.Transition to Market: A Long and Undefined Journey -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.The background of transition: from the oil crises until the fall of the Berlin Wall -- 1.3.Transformation therapies and growth strategies -- 1.4.From the Washington Consensus to the Augmented Washington Consensus -- 1.5.A closer comparison between Eastern and Western Europe -- 1.6.Initial conditions and finishing points: are there any obstacles? -- 1.7.Searching for an appropriate transformation therapy -- 1.8.Institutional change, the learning process and the heritage of planning -- 1.9.Final comments -- Appendix A1 -- 2.The Great Transformation: Recession, Recovery and EU Conditionality -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Economic slump and uneven resurgence -- 2.3.The labour market and the explosion of unemployment -- 2.4.The impact of EU enlargement on the transition of the CEECs --
Contents note continued: 2.5.FDI and international organisation constraints -- 2.6.The transformation of the trade pattern -- 2.7.Final comments -- Appendix A2 -- pt. II Institutional Change and Varieties of Capitalism in Transition Economies -- 3.Institutional Change: Old and New Institutionalism -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Institutions and institutional change -- 3.3.Models of institutional change -- 3.4.Old institutional economics -- 3.5.New institutional economics -- 3.6.Institutions and economic development -- 3.7.Transaction costs and collective action in the model of institutional change -- 3.8.Final comments -- 4.A Model of Institutional Change in Transition Economies -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Interaction and inconsistency between formal and informal institutions: the dichotomy thesis -- 4.3.The dynamics of institutional change in transition economies -- 4.4.Transition economies: a sui generis evolutionary model --
Contents note continued: 4.5.The stages of the processes in transition economies -- 4.6.An interpretation of institutional change in transition economies -- 4.7.Final comments -- 5.Varieties of Capitalism and Socio-Economic Models in Transition Economies -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.The transformation towards market institutions: EBRD indicators -- 5.3.Varieties of capitalism and growth in transition economies -- 5.4.Varieties of capitalism and socio-economic development -- 5.5.Final comments -- Appendix A5 Factor Analysis and Other Correlations -- pt. III The Capability Approach, Social Capital and Human Development in Transition Economies -- 6.Explaining Economic Development: Old and New Theories -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Traditional theories of economic development -- 6.3.New theories of economic development -- 6.4.Economic development as a complex issue -- 6.5.Final comments -- 7.Institutions, Human Development, Economic Growth -- 7.1.Introduction --
Contents note continued: 7.2.Social costs of transition economics -- 7.3.From institutions to development through capability -- 7.4.From human development to economic growth -- 7.5.Growth without development in transition economies -- 7.6.Country classification on the basis of HDI and GDP -- 7.7.Final comments -- Appendix A7 Dealing with Endogeneity: Health Expenditure and Human Development -- 8.Origins of Development: Social Capital, the Middle Class and Democracy -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Social capital, the middle class and democracy: a virtuous cycle -- 8.3.Social capital and trust in transition economies -- 8.4.Variable definitions -- 8.5.Inequality: a negative force for the middle class and social capital -- 8.6.Institutions for social capital improvements -- 8.7.Bridging different approaches for a new development model -- 8.8.Democracy and development -- 8.9.Final comments -- Appendix A8 Political Regimes in CEECs and FSRs -- 9.Conclusion.
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