The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-50887-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 967 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1666 g

This book aims to define comparative economics and to illustrate the breadth and depth of its contribution. It starts with an historiography of the field, arguing for a continued legacy of comparative economic systems, which compared socialism and capitalism, a field which some argued should have been replaced by institutional economics after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The process of transition to market capitalism is reviewed, and itself exemplifies a new combination of comparative analysis with a focus on institutional development. Going beyond, chapters broadening the application of comparative analysis and applying it to new issues and approaches, including the role and definition of institutions, subjective wellbeing, inequality, populism, demography, and novel methodologies. Overall, comparative economics has evolved in the past 30 years, and remains a powerful approach for analyzing important issues.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Havrylyshyn, Oleh

Douarin, Elodie

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction to the Palgrave Handbook of Comparative

Economics

Elodie Douarin and Oleh Havrylyshyn

Part I Evolution of the Field of Comparative

Economics Systems

2 A Historiography of Comparative Economics

Josef Brada

3 The Soviet Economic System: An Archival Re-evaluation

Paul R. Gregory

4 Institutions, Institutional Systems and Their Dynamics

Leszek Balcerowicz

5 The “New Comparative Economics”: A Critical Review

Bruno Dallago and Sara Casagrande

Part II Comparative Economic Systems in Economic History

6 Comparative Economic History

Gerard Roland

7 The World’s First Meritocracy Through the Lens of

Institutions and Cultural Persistence

James Kai-Sing Kung

8 Institutions Matter: But So Does History—A Comparison

of Mediaeval Dubrovnik with Other Dalmatian Cities

Oleh Havrylyshyn

9 Long-Run Inequality in Communist Countries: Before,

During and After

Filip Novokmet

10 Effect of Historical Forces on Liberalization and

Democratization in Transition

Simeon Djankov

Part III Post-Communist Transition

11 Thirty Years of Transition: Eleven Stylised Facts

Oleh Havrylyshyn

12 The Importance of Domestic Commitment

Anders Åslund

13 Political Economy of Transition Reforms

Sergei Guriev

14 The EU Anchor Thesis: Transition from Socialism,

Institutional Vacuum and Membership

in the European Union

Nauro F. Campos

15 Some Reflections on Transition: Its Roots, Complexity

of the Process, and Role of the IMF and Other

Organizations

Vito Tanzi

16 Are the Transition Economies Still in Transition?

Paul Wachtel

17 Institutional Change in Transition: An Evolving

Research Agenda

Elodie Douarin

Part IV New Comparative Economics: Growth and Formal

Institutions in a Globalised World

18 Institutions, Human Capital and Economic Growth

Luca J. Uberti and Carl Henrik Knutsen

19 Reform Design Matters: The Role of Structural Policy

Complementarities

Joaquim Oliveira-Martins and Bruno T. da Rocha

20 Democracy as a Driver of Post-Communist Economic

Development

Jan Fidrmuc

21 Economic Development, Transition, and New Structural

Economics

Justin Yifu Lin

Part V The “New” New Comparative Economics:

Broadening the Goals

22 Rethinking Development: Broadening the Goals

and Altering the Approach

Homi Kharas and John W. McArthur

23 Explaining the Heterogeneity of Health Outcomes in

Post-Communist Europe

Christopher J. Gerry

24 Building the Good Life: Growth, Reforms and Happiness

in Transition

Peter Sanfey

25 Growth and Subjective Well-Being in China

Robson Morgan and Fei Wang

26 Understanding Demographic Challenges of Transition

Through the China Lens

Lauren A. Johnston

Part VI Addressing New Issues by Comparative Analysis

27 Inequality and Well-Being in Transition: Linking

Experience and Perception to Policy Preferences

Alexandru Cojocaru

28 Authoritarian Populism in Comparative Perspective

Tomasz Mickiewicz      

29 Does Emigration Affect Political and Institutional

Development in Migrants’ Countries of Origin?

Artjoms Ivlevs

30 Understanding Tax Evasion: Combining the Public

Choice and New Institutionalist Perspectives

Klarita Gërxhani and Ronald Wintrobe

31 The Rules of the Game in Transition: How Informal

Institutions Work in South East Europe

Alena Ledeneva and Adnan Efendic

32 Entrepreneurship in Comparative Economics Perspective

Slavo Radosevic and Esin Yoruk

Part VII Methodologies for Comparative Analysis

33 Taxonomies and Typologies: Starting to Reframe

Economic Systems

Randolph Luca Bruno and Saul Estrin

34 Institutional Complementarities in Comparative

Capitalism: A Bibliometric Account

Francesca Gagliardi

35 The Challenge of Identification and the Value

of Descriptive Evidence

Ron P. Smith

36 Conclusion: So, What Is Comparative Economics Now?

Elodie Douarin and Oleh Havrylyshyn

Index 

Über Autor(innen)

Oleh Havrylyshyn, Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University, Canada, has a diverse career including Academia; Government (Deputy Minister of Finance, Ukraine); IMF senior official, advisor in many countries. His numerous writings on transition have been widely cited; the most recent Present at the Transition reflects personal insights on thirty years of post-communism.   

Elodie Douarin is Lecturer in Economics at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at UCL. She was the director of the Centre for Comparative Studies of Emerging Economies from 2016 to 2019. She holds a PhD in Economics from Wye College (Imperial College), University of London, UK.