With the aim of providing a comprehensive analysis of institutions, and of the global economy more generally, this volume explores systems of institutions and the effect of corruption, developments in behavioural economics, the impact of immigration, and the links between democratic progress and economic growth. INDICE: Electoral Rules and Constitutional Structures as Constraints on Corruption; J.Kunicova and S.Rose-Ackerman - State Capture from Yeltsin to Putin; E.Zhuravskaya and E.Iakovlev - Democracy for Better Governance and Higher Economic Growth in the Middle East and North Africa Region?; M.K.Nabli - Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers; K.Sabirianova, J.Svejnar and K.Terrell - A Portrait of the Chinese Entrepreneur; G.Roland - The Brain Drain, Educated Unemployment, Human Capital Formation and Economic Betterment; C.S.Fan and O.Stark - On an Optimal Selective Migration Policy when Information is Asymmetric and Incentives Count; A.Casarico, O.Stark and S.Uebelmesser - International Migration, Human Capital Formation and the Setting of Migration Control Policies: Mapping the Gains; A.Casarico, C.Devillanova, O.Stark and S.Uebelmesser - A Gain with a Drain? Evidence from Rural Mexico on the New Economics of the Brain Drain; S.Boucher, O.Stark and J.E.Taylor -Redesigning Public Utilities: The Key Role of Micro-Institutions; C.Ménard - Does Regulation and Institutional Design Matter for Infrastructure Sector Performance?; L.Andres, J.L.Guasch and S.Straub - Institutional Design and Energy Reform in the UK; R.Green
- ISBN: 978-0-230-54699-8
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha Publicación: 27/02/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés