Imperfect institutions possibilities and limits of reform - d; ebrary, Inc. (Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-253) and indexes.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Institutional economics; Right of property; Electronic books