The Political Economy of Conflict and Appropriation

Herausgeber: Garfinkel, Michelle R.; Skaperdas, Stergios; Michelle R., Garfinkel

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays illustrates the importance of the institutional setting in determining economic activity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 293g
• ISBN-13: 9780521088268
• ISBN-10: 0521088267
• Artikelnr.: 25006852

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: conflict and appropriation as economic activities Michelle
R. Garfinkel and Stephen Skaperdas; 2. Anarchy and its breakdown Jack
Hirshleifer; 3. Towards a model of territorial expansion and the limits of
empire Ronald Findlay; 4. Production and predation Herschel I. Grossman and
Minseong Kim; 5. Competitive trade with Conflict Stergios Skaperdas and
Constantinos Syropoulos; 6. Increasing returns to politics in developing
countries with endogenous protection in the Ricardo-Viner model Nakgyoon
Choi and Stephen P. Magee; 7. Demosclerosis, or special interests 'r' us:
an informational rationale for political gridlock Susanne Lohmann; 8.
Deforestation, investment and political stability Robert T. Deacon; 9.
Violence and the assignment of property rights on two Brazilian frontiers
Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap, and Robert Schneider.