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�r�ainn Eggertsson, 1941-

Imperfect institutions possibilities and limits of reform / [electronic resource] : Thrainn Eggertsson. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005. - vi, 264 p. - Economics, cognition, and society . - Economics, cognition, and society. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-253) and indexes.

Imperfect institutions and growth theory in modern economics -- Barriers to growth : institutions and social technologies -- Competing social models -- Stable poverty and unstable growth -- The political logic of bad economics -- Inefficient social norms -- Why Iceland starved -- Applying social technologies : lessons from the old theory of economic policy -- Degrees of freedom in institutional reform -- Eluding poverty traps, escaping history -- Minimal property rights and legal transplants.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2013.
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ISBN: 0472114565 (cloth : alk. paper) 0472030396 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Institutional economics.
Right of property.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HB99.5 / .T485 2005eb

Dewey Class. No.: 330.1