The Theory and Experience of Economic Development : Essays in Honour of Sir Arthur Lewis

ISBN-13: 9780415593670 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 416 str.

Mark Gersovitz;Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro;Gustav Ranis

Opis

This volume is a collection of essays written to honour Professor W. Arthur Lewis. The authors address a varied set of specific issues reflecting Professor Lewis' research interests, covering topics which include: technological change in agriculture, and the role of government policy in the development process.

Spis treści

1. On Arthur Lewis’ Contributions to Economics  2. W. Arthus Lewis: An Appreciation Part I: The Dual Economy  3. Lewis and the Classicists  4. The Pattern of Shift of Labour Force from Agriculture, 1950-70  5. Food Price Inflation, Terms of Trade and Growth  6. Alternative Theories of Wage Determination and Unemployment: The Efficiency Wage Model  7. Agricultural Development, Education and Innovation  8. Uncertainty, Information and the Inflation Tax in Poor Countries  Part II: The Open Economy  9. Unequal Exchange in a Lewis-type World  10: Protection and Growth in a Dual Economy  11. Lessons of Experience under Fixed Exchange Rates  12. Currency Baskets and Real Effective Exchange Rates  13. Negotiating International Economic Order  Part III: Cost Benefit and Planning  14. General Equilibrium Theory, Project Evaluation and Economic Development  15. The Economics of Pollution Control  16. Planning and Dual Values of Linearized Non-linear Problems: A Gothic Tale  Part IV: Economic History and History of Thought  17. Economic Growth and Stagnation in the United Kingdom before the First World War  18. The Cyclical Pattern of Long-term Lending  19. Inter-Country Diffusion of Economic Growth, 1870-1914  20. Latin America in Depression, 1929-39  21. Indian Industrialisation Before 1945  22. The Rise and Decline of Development Economics

O autorze

Mark Gersovitz, Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro, Gustav Ranis, Mark R. Rosenzweig