Timber booms and institutional breakdown in southeast Asia /

Scholars have long studied how institutions emerge and become stable. But why do institutions sometimes break down? In this book, Michael L. Ross explores the breakdown of the institutions that govern natural resource exports in developing states. He shows that these institutions often break down wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ross, Michael Lewin, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Colección:Political economy of institutions and decisions.
Temas:
Forest management > Environmental aspects > Southeast Asia.
Forest policy > Environmental aspects > Southeast Asia.
Logging > Economic aspects > Southeast Asia.
Timber > Economic aspects > Southeast Asia.
Rent (Economic theory)
Forêts > Gestion > Aspect de l'environnement > Asie du Sud-Est.
Politique forestière > Aspect de l'environnement > Asie du Sud-Est.
Forêts > Exploitation > Aspect économique > Asie du Sud-Est.
Bois d'œuvre > Aspect économique > Asie du Sud-Est.
Rente (Théorie économique)
economic rent.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Forest management > Environmental aspects.
Forest policy > Environmental aspects.
Logging > Economic aspects.
Timber > Economic aspects.
Southeast Asia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Three Puzzles
  • 2. The Problem of Resource Booms
  • 3. Explaining Institutional Breakdown
  • 4. The Philippines: The Legal Slaughter of the Forests
  • 5. Sabah, Malaysia: A New State of Affairs
  • 6. Sarawak, Malaysia: An Almost Uncontrollable Instinct
  • 7. Indonesia: Putting the Forests to "Better Use"
  • 8. Conclusion: Rent Seeking and Rent Seizing.

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