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Economic Incentives

Proceedings of a conference held by the International Economic Association at Kiel, West Germany

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Bela Balassa

    1. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
      The World Bank, USA

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  2. Herbert Giersch

    1. Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel, Germany

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Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Relevance of Economic Incentives for Economic Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Prices, Incentives, and Economic Growth

      • Bela Balassa
      Pages 3-39

    3. Microeconomic Incentives and Macroeconomic Decline

      • Mancur Olson
      Pages 40-66

    4. Social Insurance: Incentives and Disincentives to Save and to Work

      • Martin Janssen
      Pages 67-88

    5. Incentives and Disincentives: International Migration

      • Jagdish N. Bhagwati
      Pages 89-123

    6. Incentives for the Homogenization of Time Use

      • Daniel S. Hamermesh
      Pages 124-172

    7. Incentives for Entrepreneurship and Supporting Institutions

      • Richard R. Nelson
      Pages 173-203

    8. The Incentive Limits of Firms: A Comparative Institutional Assessment of Bureaucracy

      • Oliver E. Williamson
      Pages 204-237

  3. Country Experience with Restructuring Incentives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Incentives in the Soviet Economy

      • Tigran S. Khachaturov
      Pages 241-257

    3. Restructuring Incentives in Hungary

      • Béla Csikós-Nagy
      Pages 258-278

    4. Incentives in the United Kingdom

      • Patrick Minford
      Pages 279-304

    5. Economic Reforms in Chile, 1973–1981

      • Alvaro Saieh, Larry A. Sjaastad
      Pages 305-328

    6. Restructuring Incentives in the People’s Republic of China

      • Armin Gutowski, Renate Merklein
      Pages 329-347

    7. From Bankruptcy to Revival: The Turkish Experience with Restructuring Economic Incentives, 1980–1984

      • Emre Gönensay
      Pages 348-377

    8. Obstacles to Changing the Incentive System: The Case of the Federal Republic of Germany

      • Holger Bonus
      Pages 378-397

  4. Incentives in the International Economy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 399-399
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    2. Incentives and Disincentives for Foreign Direct Investment in Less Developed Countries

      • V. N. Balasubramanyam
      Pages 401-428

    3. Rent-Seeking and Trade Policy: An Industry Approach

      • Robert E. Baldwin
      Pages 429-453
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    Bela Balassa

  • The World Bank, USA

    Bela Balassa

  • Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel, Germany

    Herbert Giersch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economic Incentives

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a conference held by the International Economic Association at Kiel, West Germany

  • Editors: Bela Balassa, Herbert Giersch

  • Series Title: International Economic Association Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18204-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: International Economic Association 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-40473-7Published: 06 May 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-18206-0Published: 01 January 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-18204-6Published: 06 May 1986

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6330

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 497

  • Topics: Economics, general

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