New and enduring themes in development economics /
This book is a compilation of selected papers presented at the ISI (Indian Statistical Institute) Platinum Jubilee Conference on Comparative Development held at the ISI, Delhi, India. The papers cover new and well-established topics in development economics. Some of these include political economy,...
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Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ :
World Scientific,
©2009.
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Colección: | Statistical science and interdisciplinary research ;
v. 5. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- International differences in the determinants of life satisfaction / John F. Helliwell, Haifang Huang and Anthony Harris
- Unequal chances : the intergenerational transmission of economic advantage under marital sorting / T. Lakshmanasamy
- Addressing equity issues in watershed development projects in Bhil Adivasi areas of western Madhya Pradesh / Rahul Banerjee
- A theory of the corrupt Keynesian / Toke Aidt and Jayasri Dutta
- On effecting institutional change / Sumon Majumdar and Sharun Mukand
- On the political economy of general strikes / Abhirup Sarkar
- Public outrage and criminal justice : lessons from the Jessica Lal case / Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
- Lobbying for trade regime and tariff settings / Katsuzo Yamamoto
- Labor retrenchment laws and their effect on wages and employment : a theoretical investigation / Kaushik Basu, Gary S. Fields and Shub Debgupta
- Work migration and investment in origin communities / Ghazala Mansuri
- Labour market reform and poverty : the role of informal sector / Sugata Marjit, Saibal Kar and Dibyendu Sundar Maiti
- Measuring harm due to child work and child labour : patterns and determinants for India / Diganta Mukherjee and Saswati Das
- Development strategy : the state and agriculture since independence / T.N. Srinavasan
- Land-use changes and agricultural growth in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, 1901-2004 / Takashi Kurosaki
- The natural interest rate in emerging markets / Ashima Goyal
- Intergovernmental transfer rules, state fiscal policy and performance in India / Poulomi Roy and Ajitava Raychaudhuri
- Tax evasion and administrative costs / Rohit Prasad
- Inequality, public investment and deficits in India / Errol D'Souza
- Climate change and the Kyoto protocol / Parkash Chander
- Recent trends in microfinance institutions : some theoretical implications / Suman Ghosh and Eric Van Tassel.