The Resource Understanding long-run economic growth : geography, institutions, and the knowledge economy, edited by Dora L. Costa and Naomi R. Lamoreaux
Understanding long-run economic growth : geography, institutions, and the knowledge economy, edited by Dora L. Costa and Naomi R. Lamoreaux
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- Summary
- The conditions for sustainable growth and development are among the most debated topics in economics, and the consensus is that institutions matter greatly in explaining why some economies are more successful than others over time. This book explores the relationship between economic conditions, growth, and inequality
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 390 pages)
- Contents
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- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Once Upon a Time in the Americas: Land and Immigration Policies in the New World; 2. The Myth of the Frontier; 3. Differential Paths of Financial Development: Evidence from New World Economies; 4. Political Centralization and Urban Primacy: Evidence from National and Provincial Capitals in the Americas; 5. History, Geography, and the Markets for Mortgage Loans in Nineteenth- Century France; 6. Two Roads to the Transportation Revolution: Early Corporations in the United Kingdom and the United States
- 7. Premium Inventions: Patents and Prizes as Incentive Mechanisms in Britain and the United States, 1750-19308. The Reorganization of Inventive Activity in the United States during the Early Twentieth Century; 9. Mass Secondary Schooling and the State: The Role of State Compulsion in the High School Movement; 10. The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth; 11. Ken Sokoloff and the Economic History of Technology: An Appreciation; 12. Kenneth Sokoloff on Inequality in the Americas; 13. Remembering Ken, Our Beloved Friend; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
- Isbn
- 9781283242226
- Label
- Understanding long-run economic growth : geography, institutions, and the knowledge economy
- Title
- Understanding long-run economic growth
- Title remainder
- geography, institutions, and the knowledge economy
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Dora L. Costa and Naomi R. Lamoreaux
- Subject
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- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development | Business Development
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development | Economic Development
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development | General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment
- Economic development
- Economic development
- Economic history
- Economic history
- Ekonomisk historia
- Ekonomisk utveckling
- Electronic books
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Economic Policy
- Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee
- Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The conditions for sustainable growth and development are among the most debated topics in economics, and the consensus is that institutions matter greatly in explaining why some economies are more successful than others over time. This book explores the relationship between economic conditions, growth, and inequality
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 338.9/009
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- HD78
- LC item number
- .U544 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Costa, Dora L
- Lamoreaux, Naomi R
- Series statement
- National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee
- Economic development
- Economic history
- Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Economic development
- Economic history
- Ekonomisk utveckling
- Ekonomisk historia
- Label
- Understanding long-run economic growth : geography, institutions, and the knowledge economy, edited by Dora L. Costa and Naomi R. Lamoreaux
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- multicolored
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- txt
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- Contents
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- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Once Upon a Time in the Americas: Land and Immigration Policies in the New World; 2. The Myth of the Frontier; 3. Differential Paths of Financial Development: Evidence from New World Economies; 4. Political Centralization and Urban Primacy: Evidence from National and Provincial Capitals in the Americas; 5. History, Geography, and the Markets for Mortgage Loans in Nineteenth- Century France; 6. Two Roads to the Transportation Revolution: Early Corporations in the United Kingdom and the United States
- 7. Premium Inventions: Patents and Prizes as Incentive Mechanisms in Britain and the United States, 1750-19308. The Reorganization of Inventive Activity in the United States during the Early Twentieth Century; 9. Mass Secondary Schooling and the State: The Role of State Compulsion in the High School Movement; 10. The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth; 11. Ken Sokoloff and the Economic History of Technology: An Appreciation; 12. Kenneth Sokoloff on Inequality in the Americas; 13. Remembering Ken, Our Beloved Friend; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
- Control code
- 754113031
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 390 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781283242226
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 324222
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
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- unknown
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)754113031
- Label
- Understanding long-run economic growth : geography, institutions, and the knowledge economy, edited by Dora L. Costa and Naomi R. Lamoreaux
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Once Upon a Time in the Americas: Land and Immigration Policies in the New World; 2. The Myth of the Frontier; 3. Differential Paths of Financial Development: Evidence from New World Economies; 4. Political Centralization and Urban Primacy: Evidence from National and Provincial Capitals in the Americas; 5. History, Geography, and the Markets for Mortgage Loans in Nineteenth- Century France; 6. Two Roads to the Transportation Revolution: Early Corporations in the United Kingdom and the United States
- 7. Premium Inventions: Patents and Prizes as Incentive Mechanisms in Britain and the United States, 1750-19308. The Reorganization of Inventive Activity in the United States during the Early Twentieth Century; 9. Mass Secondary Schooling and the State: The Role of State Compulsion in the High School Movement; 10. The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth; 11. Ken Sokoloff and the Economic History of Technology: An Appreciation; 12. Kenneth Sokoloff on Inequality in the Americas; 13. Remembering Ken, Our Beloved Friend; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index
- Control code
- 754113031
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 390 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781283242226
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 324222
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)754113031
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development | Business Development
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development | Economic Development
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development | General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment
- Economic development
- Economic development
- Economic history
- Economic history
- Ekonomisk historia
- Ekonomisk utveckling
- Electronic books
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Economic Policy
- Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee
- Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee
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