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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: ISI Platinum Jubilee Conference on Comparative Development Indian Social Institute, Indian Statistical Institute
Otros Autores: Dutta, Bhaskar, Ray, Tridip, Somanathan, E.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2009.
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.