Readings in the Theory of Economic Development
Blackwell Readings for Contemporary Economics
1. Edition December 2000
496 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-22005-3
John Wiley & Sons
This collection provides a complete introduction to new ways of thinking about economic development. Emphasizing economic theory, each article has been selected for its theoretical completeness, accessibility and clarity as well as its value as a contribution to the field. A thorough introductory essay summarizes the state of the field for those new to the field and explains the importance of the articles selected.
Acknowledgments.
Inroduction.
Part I: Underdevelopment As Market Incompleteness: Economy-Wide
Implications.
A: Coordination Failures and Underdevelopment.
1. Industrialization and the Big Push. (Kevin M. Murphy, Andrei
Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny).
2. Increasing Returns and Long-Run Growth. (Paul M. Romer).
3. History and Coordination Failure. (Alícia Adserà
and Debraj Ray).
B: Inequality and Underdevelopment.
4. Income Distribution and Macroeconomics. (Oded Galor and
Joseph Zeira).
5. Occupational Choice and the Process of Development. (Abhijit
V. Banerjee and Andrew F. Newman).
6. Economic Underdevelopment: The Case of a Missing Market for
Human Capital. (Lars Ljungqvist).
C: Slow Convergence.
7. Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance?: Risk, Diversification and
Growth. (Daron Acemoglu and Fabrizio Zilibotti).
Part II: Market Incompleteness And Informal Institutions:
Microeconomic Analysis.
Agrarian Organization.
A: Agarian organization.
8. Access to Capital and Agrarian Production Organization.
(Mukesh Eswaran and Ashok Kotwal).
B: Labor.
9. Part 1: Inequality as a Determinant of Malnutrition and
Unemployment: Theory Part 2 Inequality as a Determinant of
Malnutrition and Unemployment: Policy (Partha Dasgupta and Debraj
Ray).
10. A Theory of Two-Tier Labor Markets in Agrarian Economies.
(Mukesh Eswaran and Ashok Kotwal.
C: Credit and Land.
11. Credit Rationing in Developing Countries: An Overview of the
Theory. (Parikshit Ghosh, Dilip Mookherjee and Debraj Ray).
12. Sharecropping and the Interlinking of Agrarian Markets.
(Avishay Braverman and Joseph E. Stiglitz).
13. Informational Rents and Property Rights in Land. (Dilip
Mookherjee).
D: Cooperatives and the Informal Economy.
14. Reciprocity without Commitment: Characterization and
Performance of Informal Insurance Arrangements. (Stephen Coate and
Martin Ravallion).
15. The Economics of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations.
(Timothy Besley, Stephen Coate and Glenn Loury).
16. The Economics of Lending with Joint Liability: Theory and
Practice. (Maitreesh Ghatak and Timothy W. Guinnane).
17. Learning by Doing and Learning from Others: Human Capital
and Technical Change in Agriculture. (Andrew D. Foster and Mark R.
Rosenzweig).
Index.
Inroduction.
Part I: Underdevelopment As Market Incompleteness: Economy-Wide
Implications.
A: Coordination Failures and Underdevelopment.
1. Industrialization and the Big Push. (Kevin M. Murphy, Andrei
Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny).
2. Increasing Returns and Long-Run Growth. (Paul M. Romer).
3. History and Coordination Failure. (Alícia Adserà
and Debraj Ray).
B: Inequality and Underdevelopment.
4. Income Distribution and Macroeconomics. (Oded Galor and
Joseph Zeira).
5. Occupational Choice and the Process of Development. (Abhijit
V. Banerjee and Andrew F. Newman).
6. Economic Underdevelopment: The Case of a Missing Market for
Human Capital. (Lars Ljungqvist).
C: Slow Convergence.
7. Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance?: Risk, Diversification and
Growth. (Daron Acemoglu and Fabrizio Zilibotti).
Part II: Market Incompleteness And Informal Institutions:
Microeconomic Analysis.
Agrarian Organization.
A: Agarian organization.
8. Access to Capital and Agrarian Production Organization.
(Mukesh Eswaran and Ashok Kotwal).
B: Labor.
9. Part 1: Inequality as a Determinant of Malnutrition and
Unemployment: Theory Part 2 Inequality as a Determinant of
Malnutrition and Unemployment: Policy (Partha Dasgupta and Debraj
Ray).
10. A Theory of Two-Tier Labor Markets in Agrarian Economies.
(Mukesh Eswaran and Ashok Kotwal.
C: Credit and Land.
11. Credit Rationing in Developing Countries: An Overview of the
Theory. (Parikshit Ghosh, Dilip Mookherjee and Debraj Ray).
12. Sharecropping and the Interlinking of Agrarian Markets.
(Avishay Braverman and Joseph E. Stiglitz).
13. Informational Rents and Property Rights in Land. (Dilip
Mookherjee).
D: Cooperatives and the Informal Economy.
14. Reciprocity without Commitment: Characterization and
Performance of Informal Insurance Arrangements. (Stephen Coate and
Martin Ravallion).
15. The Economics of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations.
(Timothy Besley, Stephen Coate and Glenn Loury).
16. The Economics of Lending with Joint Liability: Theory and
Practice. (Maitreesh Ghatak and Timothy W. Guinnane).
17. Learning by Doing and Learning from Others: Human Capital
and Technical Change in Agriculture. (Andrew D. Foster and Mark R.
Rosenzweig).
Index.
Dilip Mookherjee is Professor of Economics and Director of
the Institute for Economic Development at Boston University.
Debraj Ray is Professor of Economics at New York
University. He is the author of Development Economics
(1998).
the Institute for Economic Development at Boston University.
Debraj Ray is Professor of Economics at New York
University. He is the author of Development Economics
(1998).
