Development economics
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Bibliographic Information
Development economics
Blackwell Business, 1996
Available at 57 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Development Economics is designed for advanced undergraduate economic development and international economics course.
The text is exceptional in that it provides more continuity between the methods of development economics and other fields of economics.
The text is a framework for the study of development theory. Because development theory is based on the microeconomics of household and firm choice, students will be familair with the methods of economics used. It also illustrates extensions of standard economic theory to development economics using graphical and mathematiclal expositions.
Table of Contents
1. Growth and Development: Some Views. Historical Theories of Development.
The Classic Theory.
Keynesian Growth Models.
The Neoclassical Model.
The New Growth Economics.
Conclusion.
Notes.
2. A Unifying Theme.
Rationality: Individual Choice.
Rationality: Household Choice.
Extensions of Rationality: A Sociology of Choice.
Limitations of Rationality.
The Development Process.
Conclusion.
Notes.
3. The Traditional Sector and Development.
The Traditional Sector.
Market Integration and Transaction Costs.
Development by Displacement.
Traditional Sector Development.
Historical Illustrations.
Land Tenancy.
Technological Change.
Traditional Sector: Manufacturing.
Distorted Development.
Conclusion.
Notes.
4. Fertility and Population.
Malthus and Malthusianism.
Transition Theory.
Endogenous Population Growth Models (Neo-Malthusian).
Economic Theories.
Proximate Determinants Approaches.
Morality.
Conclusion.
Appendix.
Notes.
5. Labor.
Unemployment.
Migration.
Efficiency Wage Models.
Appropriate Technique and Appropriate Technology.
Education.
Conclusion.
Notes.
6. Public Economics.
Welfare Economics and Consumer Surplus.
Shadow Prices: Valuing Outputs and Inputs.
Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Public Revenues.
Conclusion.
Notes.
7. International Trade.
Traditional Perspective.
Protectionist Arguments.
Results of Import Substitution.
Conclusion.
Notes.
8. The State.
Concerning Market Imperfections.
Protecting Ruling Coalitions.
Fostering Development and Institutional Change.
Conclusion.
Notes.
Index.
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