Author: Jian SunPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Wage Reform, Soft Budget Constraints and Competition
Author: Jian SunWage Reform
Author: Jian SunA Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation
Author: Jean-Jacques LaffontPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262121743
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Based on their work in the application of principal-agent theory to questions of regulation, Laffont and Tirole develop a synthetic approach to this field, focusing on the regulation of natural monopolies such as military contractors, utility companies and transportation authorities.
Political Competition, Economic Reform and Growth
Author: Ivan PavleticPublisher: vdf Hochschulverlag AG
ISBN: 3728132969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Which political and institutional factors trigger reforms that enable the poor to benefit from the process of economic growth? How can the incentives of policy makers be influenced in order to achieve such a dynamic? These are the questions this study seeks to address by examining the transition process in post-communist countries. The author argues that political competition within an accepted and respected institutional environment has been a driving force in shaping the direction and success of transition reforms. Evidence shows that in countries with a sufficient degree of political competition, citizens responded to economic crises by calling for economic liberalization. Economic liberalization removed existing distortions, increased economic efficiency and raised public welfare. This activated a dynamic, self-enforcing reform process that also strengthened the political and economic power of the poor. In the absence of political competition, such a process failed to emerge, thereby contributing to the persistence of poverty. Based on these findings, there is good reason to postulate that some level of political competition is essential for transition reforms to improve economic efficiency and public welfare in a sustainable manner.
The Politics of International Political Economy
Author: Vassilis FouskasPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113650740X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This timely book will explain, via a number of thematic and case studies, that international economics is not an independent terrain of economic activity reproducing itself throughout history, but a complex articulation of social, political and culturally determined actions that are inextricably linked. Chapters will address the role of dominant global powers in the making of global industrial and monetary relations, and, in particular, ways in which, and the degrees to which dominant economic and military powers, such as the USA, tend to shape the domestic economic environments of lesser powers after their own image. Supplementing the chapters will be a comprehensive A - Z glossary section, which will include key International Political Economy terms, e.g. international debt, European free trade area, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IMF, GATT-WTO, Foreign exchange, fixed exchange rates, floating exchange rates, reserve currency, gold-dollar parity, multinational corporation, preferential trade agreement, hedge funds, etc. Entries will be cross-referenced for ease of use. This book will be ideal for researchers and students in the areas of politics, international relations and international economics, as well as for academics, economists, business people, and those with an interest in the workings of international political economy.
The Baltic Sea Region
Author: Witold MaciejewskiPublisher: Baltic University Press
ISBN: 9197357987
Category : Baltic Sea Region
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
International Labour Documentation
Author: International Labour Office. Central Library and Documentation BranchPublisher:
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Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
Author: Franklyn D. HolzmanPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822308522
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Economic reform, structural adjustment, macroeconomic stabilization, and participation in the world economy are interconnected aspects of the same issue: the long-term economic viability of centrally planned economies in the rapidly changing economic environment of the modern world. Any economic strategy that focuses on only one or two of these aspects at the expense of the others is likely to fail; yet even strategies that build on all of these bases may well fail unless political leaders can muster exceptional skill, garner international support, and enjoy some good luck. The contributions to this volume reflect the recent research on this issue by various specialists on the economies of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Each author emphasizes macroeconomic stabilization, structural adjustment, participation in the larger world economy, or ecomonic reform.
Contagious Capitalism
Author: Mary Elizabeth GallagherPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400837294
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "reform and openness" will lead to political liberalization. This book challenges that assumption and the general relationship between economic liberalization and democratization. Moreover, it analyzes the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization on Chinese labor politics. Market reforms and increased integration with the global economy have brought about unprecedented economic growth and social change in China during the last quarter of a century. Contagious Capitalism contends that FDI liberalization played several roles in the process of China's reforms. First, it placed competitive pressure on the state sector to produce more efficiently, thus necessitating new labor practices. Second, it allowed difficult and politically sensitive labor reforms to be extended to other parts of the economy. Third, it caused a reformulation of one of the key ideological debates of reforming socialism: the relative importance of public industry. China's growing integration with the global economy through FDI led to a new focus of debate--away from the public vs. private industry dichotomy and toward a nationalist concern for the fate of Chinese industry. In comparing China with other Eastern European and Asian economies, two important considerations come into play, the book argues: China's pattern of ownership diversification and China's mode of integration into the global economy. This book relates these two factors to the success of economic change without political liberalization and addresses the way FDI liberalization has affected relations between workers and the ruling Communist Party. Its conclusion: reform and openness in this context resulted in a strengthened Chinese state, a weakened civil society (especially labor), and a delay in political liberalization.
Macroeconomic Adujustment, Stabilization, and Growth in Reforming Socialist Economies Analytical and Policy Issues
Author: Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description