UID:
almahu_9947414951802882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) :
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ISBN:
9781139085052 (ebook)
Content:
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. This book argues that the rent-seeking framework has to be radically extended by incorporating insights developed by political scientists, institutional economists and political economists if it is to explain the anomalous role played by rent-seeking in Asian countries. It includes detailed analysis of Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Indian sub-continent, Indonesia and South Korea. This new critical and multidisciplinary approach has important policy implications for the debates over institutional reform in developing countries. It brings together leading international scholars in economics and political science, and will be of great interest to readers in the social sciences and Asian studies in general.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521783026
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139085052
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